Search results
Penrod is a collection of comic sketches by Booth Tarkington that was first published in 1914. The book follows the misadventures of Penrod Schofield, an eleven-year-old boy growing up in the pre-World War I Midwestern United States, in a similar vein to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
- Booth Tarkington, Grant Gordon
- 1914
Penrod, comic novel by Booth Tarkington, published in 1914. Its protagonist, Penrod Schofield, a 12-year-old boy who lives in a small Midwestern city, rebels against his parents and teachers and experiences the baffling ups and downs of preadolescence. Tarkington expertly conveys the speech and behaviour of his boyish characters and writes with ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Penrod uses his Sunday School money to buy candy and attend a lurid cinematic melodrama about the evils of drink. Caught daydreaming in school, he attempts to excuse his inattention by describing ...
Nov 16, 2021 · Guy Penrod is an American singer and musician mainly known for gospel music. Who is Guy Penrod? Guy Penrod is a southern gospel singer. He is famous for his solo hit albums like 'The Best of Guy Penrod' in 2005, 'Breathe Deep' in 2010, 'Hymns' in 2012, and many others.
- Anil Pradhan
May 17, 2022 · Guy Penrod was born in Abilene, Texas, the United States and grew up in Hobbs, New Mexico. The artist's father is called Reverend Joseph Loren, while his mother is Barbara Gray Penrod. His dad served as a pastor at Temple Baptist Church.
Mar 3, 2018 · Penrod looked like nothing ever remotely imagined by Sir Thomas Malory or Alfred Tennyson;—for that matter, he looked like nothing ever before seen on earth; but as Mrs. Schofield and Margaret took their places in the audience at the Women's Arts and Guild Hall, the anxiety they felt concerning Penrod's elocutionary and gesticular powers, so soon to be put to public test, was pleasantly ...
People also ask
What is Penrod?
Who is Guy Penrod parents?
Is Guy Penrod a gospel singer?
Why does Penrod think he is the boyfriend?
What did Penrod say?
Who is Penrod Schofield?
penrod is an amusing book. it's not laugh-out-loud funny but the misadventures of this inscrutable and bad boy are captivating, and knowing, and made me smile. tarkington lets us into the hallowed halls of an adolescent male mind which is itching for experiences, and wily in its meeting of any consequence that these experiences might bring. penrod schofield, as the epitome of boys, an ...
