I Am Charlotte Simmons
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| Author | Tom Wolfe |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
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December 9, 2004 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 752 |
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I am Charlotte Simmons is a 2004 novel by Tom Wolfe, concerning sexual and status relationships at the fictional Dupont University. Wolfe researched the novel by talking to students at North Carolina, Florida, Penn, Duke, Stanford, and Michigan. Wolfe suggested it depicts the American university today at a fictional college that is "Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, Duke, and a few other places all rolled into one."
In May 2008, music video director Liz Friedlander was signed to direct a movie adaptation; the project remains in development.
I am Charlotte Simmons is the story of college student Charlotte Simmons's first semester-and-a-half at the prestigious Dupont University. A high school graduate from a poverty-stricken rural town, her intelligence and hard work at school have been rewarded with a full scholarship to Dupont.
As Charlotte prepares to say goodbye to her family and leave for college, an event happens at Dupont that will play an important role in her future. Hoyt Thorpe, member of the exclusive and powerful fraternity Saint Ray, and fellow frat brother Vance, stumble upon an unnamed California Republican governor (who was at the college to speak at the school's commencement ceremony) receiving oral sex from a female college student. When the governor's bodyguard spots the two fraternity members, a fight ensues with Hoyt and Vance beating up the bodyguard and fleeing. The story of the night (called "The Night of the Skullfuck") soon spreads across campus, increasing Hoyt's popularity on campus.
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