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WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE Booth Tarkington's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece, The Magnificent Ambersons, chronicles the grandeur and downfall of a once-great family. Set against the backdrop of a rapidly transforming Midwest, Tarkington weaves a mesmerizing... Read Full Overview

The second book in Booth Tarkington's "Growth" trilogy, "The Magnificent Ambersons", is considered by many to be his greatest novel. The novel depicts Mid-Western life from the post-Civil War era to the early twentieth century. First published in 1918, and awarded the Pulitzer... Read Full Overview

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

This Pulitzer Prize winning novel was written by Booth Tarkington in the early 20th century as part of a trilogy that explored the lives of a family across multiple generations in a fictional version of Indianapolis. Tarkington wonderfully traces the decline of what was once... Read Full Overview

"The Magnificent Ambersons is perhaps Tarkington's best novel," wrote critic Van Wyck Brooks. "[It is] a typical story of an American family and town the great family that locally ruled the roost and vanished virtually in a day as the town spread and darkened into a city."
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The novel traces 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... Read Full Overview

The Magnificent Ambersons is a 1918 novel written by Booth Tarkington which won the 1919 Pulitzer Prize for fiction.

The Magnificent Ambersons

The Magnificent Ambersons is a 1918 novel written by Booth Tarkington which won the 1919 Pulitzer Prize for the novel. It was the second novel in his Growth trilogy, which included The Turmoil (1915) and The Midlander (1923, retitled... Read Full Overview

The Magnificent Ambersons, written by Booth Tarkington in 1918, tells the story of a wealthy family and their decline in society during the late 19th century as America underwent significant industrial and societal changes. The novel centers around the character of George... Read Full Overview

The Magnificent Ambersons

The Magnificent Ambersons is a 1918 novel written by Booth Tarkington which won the 1919 Pulitzer Prize for the novel. It was the second novel in his Growth trilogy, which included The Turmoil (1915) and The Midlander (1923, retitled... Read Full Overview

FYI: Named one of the 100 Best Novels by the editors of the Modern Library; 7/20/98 New York Times, p. B1]

"Booth Tarkington's The Magnificent Ambersons is a delightful novel. In addition, it is a view of Indianapolis' evolution from a major marketing center to a great... Read Full Overview

Major Amberson had "made a fortune" in 1873, when other people were losing fortunes, and the magnificence of the Ambersons began then. Magnificence, like the size of a fortune, is always comparative, as even Magnificent Lorenzo may now perceive, if he has happened to haunt New... Read Full Overview

The Magnificent Ambersons is a novel written by Booth Tarkington and published in 1918. The story is set in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in a fictional Midwestern town and follows the rise and fall of the Amberson family, who are considered the wealthiest and most powerful... Read Full Overview

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