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The Magnificent Ambersons
The Magnificent Ambersons
Author: Booth Tarkington
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 and socio-economic change in America. The decline of the...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781482708325
ISBN-10: 1482708329
Publication Date: 3/6/2013
Pages: 188
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Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio CD
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Ever know an individual so full of her/himself that you kept hoping that sometime, somewhere she/he would get his? This is the story of just such an individual. George Amberson Minafer grew up believing that he was better than anyone else. After all he had money, more than anyone else he knew. He dominated his childhood groups and continued in his beliefs until he meets pretty Lucy and her father. Then he grandfather loses all and the only grandson of a poverty stricken aristocrat must find his own way. This is the fascinating tale of an individual who is what he is because of his doting family members.

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