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1911 novel by Vaughan Kester
The Prodigal Judge Author |
Vaughan Kester |
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Illustrator | M. Leone Bracker |
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Language | English |
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Publisher |
Bobbs-Merrill Company |
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Publication date | March 11, 1911
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Publication place | United States |
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Media type | Print (hardcover) (448 p.) |
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The Prodigal Judge is a novel written by American novelist
Vaughan Kester and published in 1911.
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Kester wrote the novel while living at
Gunston Hall in
Virginia. A best-seller, it was the
second-best selling fiction book in the United States in 1911.
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[9] Kester died in July 1911, but not before enjoying the knowledge his book had reached the top of the bestseller lists.
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To promote the book, publisher
Bobbs-Merrill Company held a "book review contest", with prizes of $250, $150, and $100 for the first through third best reviews published in the first month of the book's release, judged by a panel consisting of
Yale University professor
William Lyon Phelps, magazine editor
John Sanborn Phillips, and writer
William Allen White.
[1] Third place went to
H. L. Mencken.
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Adaptations
Macklyn Arbuckle in 1922 film version. It debuted at the
Bronx Opera House in December 1913 with
George Fawcett playing the judge.
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It was also made into a
silent film of the same title directed by
Edward José, starring
Jean Paige and
Macklyn Arbuckle (as the judge), released in 1922.
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References
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a
b (5 March 1911).
A Book-Review Contest,
The New York Times
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^ (2 April 1911).
"The Prodigal Judge": Mr. Vaughn Kester's Much-Heralded Novel Has a Flavor of All Its Own,
The New York Times
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^ (12 March 1911).
A Tale of Early Days, Salt Lake Tribune, p. 21, col. 1.
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^ (13 March 1911).
Among the Books (review),
Richmond Times-Dispatch, p. 7 col. 4.
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^ (11 March 1911).
Swift Action Marks 'The Prodigal Judge' (review),
New York Herald, p. 16, col. 3.
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^ Rich, Amy C. (April 1911).
Books of the Day (review), Twentieth Century Magazine, pp. 94-95
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Hackett, Alice Payne.
Seventy Years of Best Sellers 1895-1965, p. 107 (1967) (the lists for 1895-1912 in this volume are derived from the lists published in
The Bookman (New York))
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The "Best Sellers of 1911", in The American library annual 1911-12, pp. 121-24 (1912)
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^ (1 April 1911).
Quotes about book, Publishers Weekly (a multi-page ad with quotes from booksellers about the book)
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In Memoriam,
The Bookman (New York) (October 1911), pp. 129-30
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^ (20 August 2011).
A Book Review Contest, Indianapolis Star
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^ (9 December 1913).
"The Prodigal Judge": George Fawcett Appears in a Dramatization of Vaughn Kester's Novel,
The New York Times
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^ (11 February 1922).
The Prodigal Judge (Review), Exhibitors Trade Review, Vol. 11, No., 11, p. 787
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