| The Magnificent Ambersons Contributor(s): Tarkington, Newton Booth (Author) |
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ISBN: 1977593666 ISBN-13: 9781977593665 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $12.11 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 9" (0.85 lbs) 286 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The story is set in a largely fictionalized version of Indianapolis, and much of it was inspired by the neighborhood of Woodruff Place. The 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?" |
