num_pages: 254
description: "Outrageous, hilarious, ribald, sophisticated, slapsatiric." The Denver PostWith a wit as sharp as a vodka stinger and a heart as free as her spirit, Auntie Mame burst onto the literary scene in 1955 -- and today remains one of the most unforgettable characters in contemporary fiction. Follow the rollicking adventures of this unflappable flapper as seen through the wide eyes of her young, impressionable nephew and discover anew or for the first time why Mame has made the world a more wonderful place . . .
language: English
title: Auntie Mame
titlecomplete: Auntie Mame
characters: Gloria Upson, Condé Montrose Nast, Patrick Dennis, Norah Muldoon, Elsie de Wolfe, Unforgettable Character, Horace Liveright, Jessie Franklin Turner, Repulsive Remington, Albert (Auntie Mame), Sally Randolph Burnside, Mrs. Euphemia Burnside, Pegeen Ryan Dennis, Henri Bendel, Sally Cato McDougall, Abraham Bernstein, Willie Mae Burnside, Kit Cornell, Ito, Dr. Cheevey, Annie Laurie Williams, Charlie Haddock, Lightning Rod (horse), Miranda Maddox, Mrs. Riemenschneider, Emily Upson, Van Buren Clay-Pickett, Emory Oglethorpe McDougall, Jack (Fred Astaire Club), Miss Peabody, Miss Pringle, Gladys Martin (Auntie Mame), Agnes Gooch, Bubbles from Newark, Mr. Dennis, Professor Townsend, Ralph Devine, Basil Fitz-Hugh, Claude "Buster" Upson, Dwight Babcock, Mary Lord Bishop, Fan Burnside, Neysa McMein, Boyd Upson, Enid Little, Frank Case, Alex (Fred Astaire Club), Melissa Maddox (Auntie Mame), Michael "Mickey the Mick" Ryan, Brian O'Bannion, Mike Dennis, Old Casey, Frank Crowninshield, Lindsay Woolsey, Bella Shuttleworth, Ginger (Auntie Mame), Eunice Babcock, Doc Potter, Margot Maddox, Deborah Upson, Biff (Fred Astaire Club), Doris Upson, Bill (Fred Astaire Club), Florian McDermott, Mame Dennis Burnside, Euthanasia Gomez, Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside, Ernest Pugh, Sylvia Bernstein, Edmund Jenkins, Margaret Rose (Auntie Mame), Mr. Townsend, Dwight Babcock, Jr., Vera Charles, Natalie Devine
genres: Fiction, American, The United States Of America, Americana, Comedy, Humor, Classics, Novels, New York, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 14312
places: New York City, New York
series: Auntie Mame
publisher: Buccaneer Books