- Fiction, Children of the rich in fiction, Mothers and sons, Social change
Major Amberson had "made a fortune" in 1878, when other people were losing fortunes, and the magnificence of the Ambersons began then. Magnificence, like the size of a fortune, is always comparative, as even Magnificent Lorenzo may now perceive, if he has happened to haunt New York in 1916; and the Ambersons were magnificent in their day and place.
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Classical in form, nostalgic, prestige and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- unpretentiousprestige
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- Booth Tarkington
- First published
- 1917
- Pages
- 276
- Publisher
- eBooksLib, Édition Jeheber, P. Smith
- Editions
- 194
- Language
- English, French
- ISBN
- 9781548325473
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“Major Amberson had "made a fortune" in 1873, when other people were losing fortunes, and the magnificence of the Ambersons began then.”
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