The Magnificent Ambersons

Ranked #72 in Pulitzer Prize

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. Eclipsed by a new breed of developers, financiers, and manufacturers, this pampered scion begins his gradual descent from the midwestern aristocracy to the working class. Today The Magnificent Ambersons is best known through the 1942 Orson Welles... more

Similar Books

If you like The Magnificent Ambersons, check out these similar top-rated books:


Learn: What makes Shortform summaries the best in the world?