TY - SER KW - infidelity KW - college towns KW - professors AU - John [Henry] O'Hara AB - The eponymous Appleton, a society girl from a wealthy New York family, marries an academic at the fictitious Spring Valley College. She grows bored of life in a college town—fictitious Spring Valley, Stratford County, described as two hours from Pittsburgh—and begins an affair with Porter Ditson, a wealthy, affable man who reminds her of “the boys at home.” The town, college, and their invented histories are described in great detail. C1 - 1930s-1950s C3 - Allegheny County; Pittsburgh; Downtown; William Penn Hotel C4 - Campus; Psychological CY - New York LA - English M3 - Novel N2 - The eponymous Appleton, a society girl from a wealthy New York family, marries an academic at the fictitious Spring Valley College. She grows bored of life in a college town—fictitious Spring Valley, Stratford County, described as two hours from Pittsburgh—and begins an affair with Porter Ditson, a wealthy, affable man who reminds her of “the boys at home.” The town, college, and their invented histories are described in great detail. PB - Random House PP - New York PY - 1963 RN - John Henry O'Hara (1905-70), born in Pottsville, Schuylkill County, was a prolific short story writer, and credited with helping to invent The New Yorker magazine short story style. EP - 310 p. TI - Elizabeth Appleton ER -