num_pages: 304
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: Florian McDermott, Brian O'Bannion, Ralph Devine, Dwight Babcock, Emory Oglethorpe McDougall, Margaret Rose (Auntie Mame), Sylvia Bernstein, Doc Potter, Mary Lord Bishop, Ernest Pugh, Patrick Dennis, Unforgettable Character, Jessie Franklin Turner, Biff (Fred Astaire Club), Basil Fitz-Hugh, Ginger (Auntie Mame), Van Buren Clay-Pickett, Bubbles from Newark, Sally Cato McDougall, Lindsay Woolsey, Mr. Townsend, Frank Case, Albert (Auntie Mame), Margot Maddox, Repulsive Remington, Fan Burnside, Condé Montrose Nast, Norah Muldoon, Lightning Rod (horse), Bill (Fred Astaire Club), Mike Dennis, Annie Laurie Williams, Miss Pringle, Gladys Martin (Auntie Mame), Dwight Babcock, Jr., Doris Upson, Gloria Upson, Deborah Upson, Mrs. Euphemia Burnside, Mame Dennis Burnside, Horace Liveright, Frank Crowninshield, Sally Randolph Burnside, Willie Mae Burnside, Bella Shuttleworth, Natalie Devine, Old Casey, Agnes Gooch, Charlie Haddock, Neysa McMein, Michael "Mickey the Mick" Ryan, Henri Bendel, Emily Upson, Kit Cornell, Eunice Babcock, Professor Townsend, Miranda Maddox, Enid Little, Mr. Dennis, Boyd Upson, Alex (Fred Astaire Club), Edmund Jenkins, Claude "Buster" Upson, Pegeen Ryan Dennis, Ito, Vera Charles, Mrs. Riemenschneider, Euthanasia Gomez, Dr. Cheevey, Elsie de Wolfe, Abraham Bernstein, Melissa Maddox (Auntie Mame), Jack (Fred Astaire Club), Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside, Miss Peabody
genres: Fiction, Humor, Classics, The United States Of America, Comedy, New York, American, Historical Fiction, Americana, Novels
ratings_count: 14308
places: New York City, New York
series: Auntie Mame
publisher: Ballantine Books