Auntie Mame

Auntie Mame is a 1955 novel by Patrick Dennis about the adventures he had growing up as the ward of his dead father's strange sister. Many reffered to Auntie Mame as an autobiographical work, but the author said it wasn't anything other than fiction; he claimed he did have a strange aunt, Marion Tanner, who resembled Mame in many ways, but instead of a dead father, was raised by both his parents.

The novel was a best seller, selling more than two million copies during its initial publication. A sequel was later written by Patrick Dennis called Around The World With Auntie Mame. Unsurprisingly, this novel was adapted to the stage and put into a Broadway production. Later, Warner Brothers released a film version of the novel based on the play.

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