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The Late George Apley is a nicely nuanced and sophisticated novel of social criticism which uses a microscope rather than a bludgeon. Written by John P. Marquand in 1937 and winning the Pulitzer Prize in fiction for 1938, I would certainly call it a minor-major American classic.
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- John P. Marquand
After the turn of the 20th century, hidebound Bostonian George Apley (Ronald Colman) frets over what he considers to be the rash choices of his young adult children.
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- Ben Sachs
- Comedy
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Feb 17, 2022 · The Late George Apley, which 1930s writer Percy Hutchison of the The New York Times called “a finely perceptive novel,” is at once a subtle satire as well as a celebration of the Bostonian spirit as we watch George Apley transformed into a high-minded gentleman.
The Late George Apley is a 1937 novel by John Phillips Marquand. It is a satire of Boston's upper class in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The title character is a Harvard-educated WASP living on Beacon Hill in downtown Boston.
- John P. Marquand
- 1937
THE LATE GEORGE APLEY. by John P. Marquand ‧ RELEASE DATE: Jan. 4, 1936. One feels that John Marquand has written this book with tongue in cheek at times -- with certain personal bitterness yearning for expression -- but with occasional acceptance, albeit unwilling, of the traditions and ideals and standards of his forbears.
- Kirkus Reviews
It’s simply a portrait of a man’s life among the Bostonian super elites in the late 19th/early 20th century. It’s told through the prism of a biographer who is drawing a lot from the letters and the testimonials of family and friends of the main subject, George Apley.
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The Late George Apley: Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. With Ronald Colman, Vanessa Brown, Richard Haydn, Charles Russell. George and Catherine Apley of Boston lead a proper life in the proper social circle, as did the Apleys before them.
