The Magnificent Ambersons by: Booth Tarkington / Fiction / Hardcover / Good Condition
1927 copy of the 1918 novel PB30
The Magnificent Ambersons is a 1918 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by American author Booth Tarkington.
The story follows the rich and arrogant Amberson family in a growing Midwestern town (modeled after Indianapolis) from the Civil War to the early 20th century. It explores how unchecked industrialism and modern progress replace old-school aristocracy with new industrial fortunes and manufacturing tycoons. George Amberson Minafer is the spoiled grandson of the family's founder whose stubborn pride leads to his family's financial and social ruin. It is the second book in Tarkington’s Growth trilogy, sitting between The Turmoil (1915) and The Midlander (1923).
The Magnificent Ambersons by: Booth Tarkington / Fiction / Hardcover / Good Condition
1927 copy of the 1918 novel PB30
The Magnificent Ambersons is a 1918 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by American author Booth Tarkington.
The story follows the rich and arrogant Amberson family in a growing Midwestern town (modeled after Indianapolis) from the Civil War to the early 20th century. It explores how unchecked industrialism and modern progress replace old-school aristocracy with new industrial fortunes and manufacturing tycoons. George Amberson Minafer is the spoiled grandson of the family's founder whose stubborn pride leads to his family's financial and social ruin. It is the second book in Tarkington’s Growth trilogy, sitting between The Turmoil (1915) and The Midlander (1923).
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