| Book #: | 96 |
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| Book Title: | The Magnificent Ambersons |
| Author: | Booth Tarkington |
| Publisher: | Random House |
| Pub. Date: | 1918 (original); 1998 (this version) |
| Pages: | 268 |
| Started: | October 27, 2008 |
| Finished: | October 31, 2008 |
| Time to Read: | 5 Days |
| Back Cover / Inside Flap: | "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." |
| Stars: | * |
| Review: | Classic or not, the Magnificent Ambersons was magnificently boring. I understand that this story is supposed to be a literary accounting of the decline of old society with the advent of the industrial age...however, it seems that the old society just couldn't decline fast enough. The characters were not likable. The plot meandered along without any clear inkling of where it was heading or why. Dialog was stilted at best. The setting was just not interesting. In all, that may have been purposeful for the effect the author intended to affect...but for this reader, it was just painful to get through to the end. Read it if you're interested in the classics or in the Pulitzer Prize winners, but don't hold out hopes to be impressed. |
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From my library to yours,
Tiffany
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