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The Magnificent Ambersons

by Booth Tarkington · 1917

Psychology · ranked #51 in category

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,

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Category
Psychology
First published
1917 · 1910s
Author
Booth Tarkington
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