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The Magnificent Ambersons

By: Booth Tarkington
Narrated by: Harry Shaw
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Bigger, newer, faster. Demolish and rebuild, then demolish and rebuild again. Smoke, soot, and noise are the badges of prosperity, and growth is for growth's sake.

The second book in what would become known as Booth Tarkington's "growth trilogy" is about a small Midwestern town rapidly transforming into a modern industrial city. The Ambersons, once the town's most glamorous old-money family, is unable to adapt to the changing environment and is slowly declining toward oblivion, while Eugene Morgan and his newly invented motorcar are the future.

Public Domain (P)2022 Mark Nelson
Classics Fiction Genre Fiction Small Town & Rural
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