| "The Magnificent Ambersons" . ( 1918 ) NOVEL by: Booth Tarkington which won the 1919 Pulitzer Prize. Contributor(s): Tarkington, Booth (Author) |
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ISBN: 1545551871 ISBN-13: 9781545551875 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $10.99 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2017 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Physical Information: 0.39" H x 8" W x 10" (0.82 lbs) 182 pages |
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| Publisher Description: The Magnificent Ambersons is a 1918 novel written by Booth TarkingtonThe novel and trilogy trace the growth of the United States through the declining fortunes of three generations of the aristocratic Amberson family in an upper-scale Indianapolis neighborhood, between the end of the Civil War and the early part of the 20th century, a period of rapid industrialization and socio-economic change in America. The decline of the Ambersons is contrasted with the rising fortunes of industrial tycoons and other new-money families, who derived power not from family names but by "doing things". As George Amberson's friend (name unspecified) says, "don't you think being things is 'rahthuh bettuh' than doing things?" |