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1922 novel by Booth Tarkington

Gentle Julia
First edition
Author	Booth Tarkington
Language	English
Genre	Drama Romance
Publisher	Doubleday, Page & Company
Publication date	1922
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print

Gentle Julia is a 1922 novel by the American writer Booth Tarkington.

Synopsis

Although the title character, Julia, is a sweet and pretty girl with dozens of admirers, it is her young cousin Florence who really steals the show with her tart observations and complicated schemes.

Film adaptations

The novel has twice been adapted:

Gentle Julia, a silent film directed by Rowland V. Lee
Gentle Julia, a sound film directed by John G. Blystone

References

Goble p.453
"Gentle Julia". Google Books. June 1, 2011. Retrieved November 11, 2024.

Bibliography

Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

Gentle Julia public domain audiobook at LibriVox

Booth Tarkington

Novels

Monsieur Beaucaire (1900) Seventeen (1916) Alice Adams (1921) Gentle Julia (1922)
The Penrod Trilogy	Penrod (1914) Penrod and Sam (1916) Penrod Jashber (1929)
The Growth Trilogy	The Turmoil (1915) The Magnificent Ambersons (1918) The Midlander (1923) renamed National Avenue (1927)

Plays

The Man from Home (1907)
The Country Cousin (1917)
Clarence (1919)
Poldekin (1920)
The Wren (1921)
The Intimate Strangers (1921)

Adaptations

Monsieur Beaucaire	Monsieur Beaucaire (1919 operetta) Monsieur Beaucaire (1924 film) Monte Carlo (1930 film) Monsieur Beaucaire (1946 film)
Seventeen	Seventeen (1916 film) Seventeen (1917 play) Hello Lola (1926 stage musical) Seventeen (1940 film) Seventeen (1951 stage musical)
Other films	The Turmoil (1916) The Conquest of Canaan (1921) Clarence (1922, lost) The Man from Home (1922) Gentle Julia (1923, lost) Boy of Mine (1923) Cameo Kirby (1923) Penrod and Sam (1923) The Fighting Coward (1924) The Turmoil (1924) Father's Son (1931, lost) Bad Sister (1931) Business and Pleasure (1932) Mississippi (1935) Alice Adams (1935) Penrod and Sam (1937) The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) Presenting Lily Mars (1943) The Magnificent Ambersons (2002)

Newton Booth (uncle)
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