The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington - ISBN: 9780375752506
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American dynasty’s rise and fall, eclipsed by a changing nation.

The Magnificent Ambersons

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  • Paperback

    288 pages

  • Release Date

    15 December 1998

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Summary

Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize when it was first published in 1918, The Magnificent Ambersons chronicles the changing fortunes of three generations of an American dynasty. The protagonist of Booth Tarkington’s great historical drama is George Amberson Minafer, the spoiled and arrogant grandson of the founder of the family’s magnificence. Eclipsed by a new breed of developers, financiers, and manufacturers,…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780375752506
ISBN-10:0375752501
Author:Booth Tarkington
Publisher:Random House USA Inc
Imprint:Modern Library Inc
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:288
Edition:1998th
Release Date:15 December 1998
Weight:243g
Dimensions:203mm x 131mm x 16mm
Series:Modern Library 100 Best Novels
About The Author

Booth Tarkington

Booth Tarkington (1869-1946), a prolific writer who achieved overnight success with his first novel, The Gentleman from Indiana (1899), is perhaps best remembered as the author of the popular Penrod adventures and Seventeen (1916). He was awarded a second Pulitzer Prize for the novel Alice Adams (1921).

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