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The Magnificent Ambersons - Booth Tarkington

By Booth Tarkington

Release Date: 2017-06-15

Genre: Fiction & Literature

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The Magnificent Ambersons, winner of the 1919 Pulitzer prize, is considered by many to be Booth Tarkingtonā€™s finest novel and an American classic. The story is set in the Midwest, where George, the spoiled and oblivious scion of an old-money family, must cope with their waning fortunes and the rise of industry barons in the automobile age.

Georgeā€™s antiheroic struggles with modernity encapsulate a greater theme of change and renewalā€”specifically, the very American notion of a small community exploding into a dark and dirty city virtually overnight by virtue of industrial ā€œprogress.ā€ Tarkingtonā€™s nuanced portrayal of the often-unlikable Amberson family and his paradoxical framing of progress as a destroyer of family, community, and environment, make The Magnificent Ambersons a fascinating and forward-thinking novelā€”certainly one with a permanent place in the American social canon. Despite the often heavy themes, Tarkingtonā€™s prose remains uniquely witty, charming, and brisk.

The novel is the second in Tarkingtonā€™s Growth trilogy of novels, and has been adapted several times for radio, film, and television, including a 1942 Orson Welles adaptation that many consider one of the finest American films ever made.

The Magnificent Ambersons - Booth Tarkington

By Booth Tarkington

Release Date: 2017-06-15

Genre: Fiction & Literature

4.5 (21 ratings)
Read Download
The Magnificent Ambersons, winner of the 1919 Pulitzer prize, is considered by many to be Booth Tarkingtonā€™s finest novel and an American classic. The story is set in the Midwest, where George, the spoiled and oblivious scion of an old-money family, must cope with their waning fortunes and the rise of industry barons in the automobile age.

Georgeā€™s antiheroic struggles with modernity encapsulate a greater theme of change and renewalā€”specifically, the very American notion of a small community exploding into a dark and dirty city virtually overnight by virtue of industrial ā€œprogress.ā€ Tarkingtonā€™s nuanced portrayal of the often-unlikable Amberson family and his paradoxical framing of progress as a destroyer of family, community, and environment, make The Magnificent Ambersons a fascinating and forward-thinking novelā€”certainly one with a permanent place in the American social canon. Despite the often heavy themes, Tarkingtonā€™s prose remains uniquely witty, charming, and brisk.

The novel is the second in Tarkingtonā€™s Growth trilogy of novels, and has been adapted several times for radio, film, and television, including a 1942 Orson Welles adaptation that many consider one of the finest American films ever made.

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