Project Gutenberg 2006-02-22 Public domain in the USA. 99 Tarkington, Booth 1869 1946 Tarkington, Newton Booth Tarkington, B. (Booth) Van Loot, Cornelius Obenchain Seventeen A Tale of Youth and Summer Time and the Baxter Family, Especially William Produced by Charles Keller and David Widger "Seventeen" by Booth Tarkington is a novel written during the early 20th century. The story focuses on the life of a 17-year-old boy, William Sylvanus Baxter, as he navigates the challenges and experiences of adolescence in a middle-sized midland city. It delves into themes of youth, love, identity, and the often tumultuous transition from childhood to adulthood. At the start of the narrative, we are introduced to William, who finds himself at a crossroads in his youth, caught between the remnants of childhood playfulness and the burgeoning responsibilities and feelings of teenage life. He battles with his self-image and a desire to appear sophisticated in the eyes of others, particularly girls. His interactions reflect a mix of bravado and vulnerability, illustrated through his concerns about how he is perceived in public and his fascination with a pretty unknown girl he encounters. As he grapples with the awkwardness of adolescence, his encounters with friends and family provide both comic relief and poignant moments that underscore the confusion and excitement of being seventeen. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en First loves -- Fiction Teenage boys -- Fiction Families -- Fiction PS Text Bestsellers, American, 1895-1923 Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 489076 489085 2024-09-01T10:24:31.108795 2023-10-01T09:29:06.265240 text/html text/html 510641 2021-01-27T19:45:24 text/html; charset=utf-8 169004 2021-01-27T19:45:24 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 218889 2024-09-01T10:24:38.188756 application/epub+zip 226298 2024-09-01T10:24:32.743793 application/epub+zip 226298 2024-09-01T10:24:31.772787 application/epub+zip 398686 2024-09-01T10:24:42.729708 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 364769 2024-09-01T10:24:37.497798 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 388412 2022-09-01T11:44:39.049287 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 410760 410734 2024-09-01T10:24:29.728769 2023-10-01T09:29:05.371215 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 418070 2018-03-03T08:45:26 text/plain; charset=utf-8 160753 2018-03-19T13:27:00 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 410692 2013-12-29T08:57:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 159803 2013-12-29T08:59:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21036 2024-09-01T10:24:42.871708 application/rdf+xml 12232 2024-09-01T10:24:32.135761 image/jpeg 3105 2024-09-01T10:24:31.952772 image/jpeg 213662 2024-09-01T10:24:31.147802 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia