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The Magnificent Ambersons (Growth Trilogy Vol 2)

The Magnificent Ambersons (Growth Trilogy Vol 2)

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Number of Chapters: 35

Length: 11 hours and 18 minutes

Language: English

In a world where a gentleman’s life is defined more “by being, rather than by doing,” a family’s reputation can be compromised if it is not guarded carefully, and the sole heir of the Amberson family is proving himself to be a difficult person. Expected by the family to carry on its proud traditions, George Amberson Minafer is trusted implicitly. But though rich relatives provide the elegant suits, the handsome young man who wears them is filled with little but appearances. And this happens in spite of, or perhaps, because of, his mother’s selfless love that places him above her own happiness.

As George’s uncle perceptively remarks, “life and money both behave like loose quicksilver in a nest of cracks.” With the new automobile industry transforming fortunes and coal heat transforming city air into sooty clouds, anything that stands still is apt to be run over, or at least begrimed. claimed 2/24 claimed 2/24

What is magnificent about the Ambersons is their faithful reliance on old money and old ways in a world changing rapidly around them. Or perhaps it is the magnificence of the train-wreck created when George’s relatives, with the best intentions, shield him from the new realities and defer to all his wishes.

Booth Tarkington’s most popular novel, “The Magnificent Ambersons”, will continue to draw readers for its well-crafted portraits of what existed for just a short while – the Midwestern aristocracy.

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Chapter 01 (Mark F. Smith)
Chapter 02 (Mark F. Smith)
Chapter 03 (Mark F. Smith)
Chapter 04 (Mark F. Smith)
Chapter 05 (Mark F. Smith)
Chapter 06 (Mark F. Smith)
Chapter 07 (Mark F. Smith)
Chapter 08 (Mark F. Smith)
Chapter 09 (Mark F. Smith)
Chapter 10 (Mark F. Smith)
Chapter 11 (Mark F. Smith)
Chapter 12 (Mark F. Smith)
Chapter 13 (Mark F. Smith)
Chapter 14 (Mark F. Smith)
Chapter 15 (Mark F. Smith)
Chapter 16 (Mark F. Smith)
Chapter 17 (Mark F. Smith)
Chapter 18 (Mark F. Smith)
Chapter 19 (Mark F. Smith)
Chapter 20 (Mark F. Smith)
Chapter 21 (Mark F. Smith)
Chapter 22 (Mark F. Smith)
Chapter 23 (Mark F. Smith)
Chapter 24 (Mark F. Smith)
Chapter 25 (Mark F. Smith)
Chapter 26 (Mark F. Smith)
Chapter 27 (Mark F. Smith)
Chapter 28 (Mark F. Smith)
Chapter 29 (Mark F. Smith)
Chapter 30 (Mark F. Smith)
Chapter 31 (Mark F. Smith)
Chapter 32 (Mark F. Smith)
Chapter 33 (Mark F. Smith)
Chapter 34 (Mark F. Smith)
Chapter 35 (Mark F. Smith)
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