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The Magnificent Ambersons
The Magnificent Ambersons
Author: Booth Tarkington
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize when it was first published in 1918, The Magnificent Ambersons chronicles the changing fortunes of three generations of an American dynasty. The protagonist of Booth Tarkington's great historical drama is George Amberson Minafer, the spoiled and arrogant grandson of the founder of the family's magnificence. Ec...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781414278582
ISBN-10: 1414278586
Publication Date: 3/31/2004
Pages: 296
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Publisher: IndyPublish.com
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, 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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