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1911 novel by Vaughan Kester From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Prodigal Judge is a novel written by American novelist Vaughan Kester and published in 1911.[2][3][4][5][6]
Author | Vaughan Kester |
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Illustrator | M. Leone Bracker |
Language | English |
Publisher | Bobbs-Merrill Company |
Publication date | March 11, 1911[1] |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (hardcover) (448 p.) |
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.[7][8][9] Kester died in July 1911, but not before enjoying the knowledge his book had reached the top of the bestseller lists.[10]
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.[11]
It debuted at the Bronx Opera House in December 1913 with George Fawcett playing the judge.[12]
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.[13]
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