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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 is a 1947 American comedy romance film about a stuffy, upper-class Bostonian who is forced to adjust to a changing world. It starred Ronald Colman in the title role and was based on John P. Marquand 's novel of the same name and the subsequent play by Marquand and George S. Kaufman .
The Late George Apley: Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. With Ronald Colman, Vanessa Brown, Richard Haydn, Charles Russell. George and Catherine Apley, a Boston family, live a proper life in a social circle. However, Eleanor's love for Howard and John's union with Myrtle threatens their home.
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- Comedy, Romance
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- 1947-03-20
In the late-1930s, Marquand began producing a series of novels on the dilemmas of class, most centered on New England. The first of these, The Late George Apley (1937), a satire of Boston's upper class, won the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1938.
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- Paperback
- John P. Marquand
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Mar 9, 2004 · by John P. Marquand (Author) 4.3 76 ratings. See all formats and editions. A modern classic restored to print -- the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that charts the diminishing fortunes of a distinguished Boston family in the early years of the 20th century.
- John P. Marquand
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So it was to my extreme dismay (!) that I discovered The Late George Apley, winner of the 1938 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, was a fictionalized biography. Not to worry though, I ended up loving it! The 'writer' (i.e. narrator) of this book is a man who was close friends with the late George Apley.
