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The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington (1918)
The decline of the aristocratic Amberson family as the automobile age transforms their Midwestern city. George Amberson Minafer, spoiled and arrogant, gets his "comeuppance" as the world his family built crumbles around him.
Historical Significance:
Booth Tarkington won the Pulitzer Prize for The Magnificent Ambersons in 1919 — his second Pulitzer (a feat matched only by William Faulkner). The novel captures the moment when American small...
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The decline of the aristocratic Amberson family as the automobile age transforms their Midwestern city. George Amberson Minafer, spoiled and arrogant, gets his "comeuppance" as the world his family built crumbles around him.
Historical Significance:
Booth Tarkington won the Pulitzer Prize for The Magnificent Ambersons in 1919 — his second Pulitzer (a feat matched only by William Faulkner). The novel captures the moment when American small...
Read free on BoingyBooks: https://boingybooks.com/marketplace/product.php?id=208
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