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Penrod (Hardcover)

by Booth Tarkington (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 268 pages
  • Publisher: 1st World Library, Ltd (30 Dec 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1421897164
  • ISBN-13: 978-1421897165
  • Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 13.7 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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Penrod sat morosely upon the back fence and gazed with envy at Duke, his wistful dog. A bitter soul dominated the various curved and angular surfaces known by a careless world as the face of Penrod Schofield. Except in solitude, that face was almost always cryptic and emotionless; for Penrod had come into his twelfth year wearing an expression carefully trained to be inscrutable. Since the world was sure to misunderstand everything, mere defensive instinct prompted him to give it as little as possible to lay hold upon. Nothing is more impenetrable than the face of a boy who has learned this, and Penrod's was habitually as fathomless as the depth of his hatred this morning for the literary activities of Mrs. Lora Rewbush-an almost universally respected fellow citizen, a lady of charitable and poetic inclinations, and one of his own mother's most intimate friends.

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5.0 out of 5 stars great..., 16 Feb 1999
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How can romantic comedies about ADULTS be based on the Penrod novels?!? It just doesn't make any sense. If they really are, they must take extreme liberties with the plot. Anyway, Penrod, along with the sequels Penrod and Sam and the tragically out-of-print Penrod Jashber is a wonderful novel, which captures childhood better than anything else out there, along with, perhaps, Herman Wouk's The City Boy. Read it.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Being a boy!, 1 July 1999
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"Penrod" is the humorous story of a twelve-year-old boy, Penrod Schofield, growing up in pre-World War I mid-west. He, with his dog Duke and his friends Sam Williams and the black brothers Herman and Vernon, are constantly getting into scrapes with adults. This is a celebration of the joys of boyhood. But, one wonders what counselors and behavioral psychologists and certain physicians would do today if Penrod Schofield got into their clutches! They might even put him on medication. For just being a boy!!....."They were upon their great theme: 'When I get to be a man!' Being human, though boys, they consider their present estate too commonplace to be dwelt upon. So, when the old men gather, they say: "When I was a boy!" It really is the land of nowadays that we never discover."
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4.0 out of 5 stars Films based on "Penrod", 4 April 1998
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I just wanted to note that the Doris Day movies "On Moonlight Bay" and "By the Light of the Silvery Moon" were based on the Penrod stories.
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5.0 out of 5 stars a timeless classic humorously portraying a young boys life
Penrod is a warm and humorous depiction of a young boy (around 12) and his life with his friends and family. Read more
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