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The Magnificent Ambersons

The Magnificent Ambersons

Booth Tarkington
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Set in the Midwest in the early twentieth century — the dawn of the automobile age — the novel begins by introducing the richest family in town, the Ambersons. Exemplifying aristocratic excess, the Ambersons have everything money can buy — and more. But George Amberson Minafer — the spoiled grandson of the family patriarch — is unable to see that great societal changes are taking place, and that business tycoons, industrialists, and real estate developers will soon surpass him in wealth and prestige. Rather than join the new mechanical age, George prefers to remain a gentleman, believing that “being things” is superior to “doing things.” But as his town becomes a city, and the family palace is enveloped in a cloud of soot, George’s protectors disappear one by one, and the elegant, cloistered lifestyle of the Ambersons fades from view, and finally vanishes altogether.

Largely overshadowed by Orson Welles’s famous 1941 screen version, Booth Tarkington’s novel The Magnificent Ambersons was not only a best-seller when it first appeared in 1918—it also won the Pulitzer Prize. A brilliant portrayal of the changing landscape of the American dream, The Magnificent Ambersons is a timeless classic that deserves a wider modern audience.
Language
English
Pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Barnes Noble Classics
Release
July 01, 2005
ISBN
1593082630
ISBN 13
9781593082635

The Magnificent Ambersons

Booth Tarkington
3.8/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
Set in the Midwest in the early twentieth century — the dawn of the automobile age — the novel begins by introducing the richest family in town, the Ambersons. Exemplifying aristocratic excess, the Ambersons have everything money can buy — and more. But George Amberson Minafer — the spoiled grandson of the family patriarch — is unable to see that great societal changes are taking place, and that business tycoons, industrialists, and real estate developers will soon surpass him in wealth and prestige. Rather than join the new mechanical age, George prefers to remain a gentleman, believing that “being things” is superior to “doing things.” But as his town becomes a city, and the family palace is enveloped in a cloud of soot, George’s protectors disappear one by one, and the elegant, cloistered lifestyle of the Ambersons fades from view, and finally vanishes altogether.

Largely overshadowed by Orson Welles’s famous 1941 screen version, Booth Tarkington’s novel The Magnificent Ambersons was not only a best-seller when it first appeared in 1918—it also won the Pulitzer Prize. A brilliant portrayal of the changing landscape of the American dream, The Magnificent Ambersons is a timeless classic that deserves a wider modern audience.
Language
English
Pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Barnes Noble Classics
Release
July 01, 2005
ISBN
1593082630
ISBN 13
9781593082635

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