Elizabeth Appleton
| Year of Publication |
1963
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| Publication Type |
Novel
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| Number of Pages or Episodes |
310 p.
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| Language |
English
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| Author | |
| Publisher |
Random House
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| City |
New York
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| Abstract |
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.
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| Author Biography |
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.
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| Time |
1930s-1950s
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