Project Gutenberg 2006-02-22 Public domain in the USA. 296 Tarkington, Booth 1869 1946 Tarkington, Newton Booth Tarkington, B. (Booth) Van Loot, Cornelius Obenchain Seventeen A Tale of Youth and Summer Time and the Baxter Family, Especially William Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventeen_(Tarkington_novel) Produced by Charles Keller and David Widger "Seventeen" by Booth Tarkington is a novel written during the early 20th century. The story focuses on the life of a 17-year-old boy, William Sylvanus Baxter, as he navigates the challenges and experiences of adolescence in a middle-sized midland city. It delves into themes of youth, love, identity, and the often tumultuous transition from childhood to adulthood. At the start of the narrative, we are introduced to William, who finds himself at a crossroads in his youth, caught between the remnants of childhood playfulness and the burgeoning responsibilities and feelings of teenage life. He battles with his self-image and a desire to appear sophisticated in the eyes of others, particularly girls. His interactions reflect a mix of bravado and vulnerability, illustrated through his concerns about how he is perceived in public and his fascination with a pretty unknown girl he encounters. As he grapples with the awkwardness of adolescence, his encounters with friends and family provide both comic relief and poignant moments that underscore the confusion and excitement of being seventeen. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 80.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. en First loves -- Fiction Teenage boys -- Fiction Families -- Fiction PS Text Bestsellers, American, 1895-1923 Category: Humour Category: Novels Category: American Literature 489187 2025-08-01T10:27:28.893966 text/html 510641 2021-01-27T19:45:24 text/html; charset=utf-8 169004 2021-01-27T19:45:24 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 242370 2025-08-01T10:27:36.752971 application/epub+zip 249507 2025-08-01T10:27:31.338989 application/epub+zip 249507 2025-08-01T10:27:29.863016 application/epub+zip 435512 2025-08-01T10:27:41.011903 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 401721 2025-08-01T10:27:35.925990 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 388412 2022-09-01T11:44:39.049287 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 418053 2025-08-01T10:27:28.024023 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 418070 2018-03-03T08:45:26 text/plain; charset=utf-8 160753 2018-03-19T13:27:00 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 410692 2013-12-29T08:57:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 159803 2013-12-29T08:59:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21336 2025-08-01T10:27:41.163908 application/rdf+xml 12232 2025-08-01T10:27:30.602957 image/jpeg 3097 2025-08-01T10:27:30.216969 image/jpeg 235100 2025-08-01T10:27:28.928049 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia