{"product_id":"9781593082635","title":"Magnificent Ambersons (Barnes \u0026 Noble Classics Series)","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Magnificent Ambersons\u003c\/i\u003e, by \u003cb\u003eBooth Tarkington\u003c\/b\u003e, is part of the \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eseries, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBiographies of the authors \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFootnotes and endnotes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComments by other famous authors \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStudy questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliographies for further reading \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndices \u0026amp; Glossaries, when appropriate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics \u003c\/i\u003epulls together a constellation of influences—biographical, historical, and literary—to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.\u003cp\u003eLargely overshadowed by Orson Welles’s famous 1941 screen version, \u003cb\u003eBooth Tarkington\u003c\/b\u003e’s novel \u003ci\u003eThe Magnificent Ambersons\u003c\/i\u003e was not only a best-seller when it first appeared in 1918—it also won the Pulitzer Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in the Midwest in the early twentieth century—the dawn of the automobile age—the novel begins by introducing the richest family in town, the Ambersons. Exemplifying aristocratic excess, the Ambersons have everything money can buy—and more. But George Amberson Minafer—the spoiled grandson of the family patriarch—is unable to see that great societal changes are taking place, and that business tycoons, industrialists, and real estate developers will soon surpass him in wealth and prestige. Rather than join the new mechanical age, George prefers to remain a gentleman, believing that “being things” is superior to “doing things.” But as his town becomes a city, and the family palace is enveloped in a cloud of soot, George’s protectors disappear one by one, and the elegant, cloistered lifestyle of the Ambersons fades from view, and finally vanishes altogether.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA brilliant portrayal of the changing landscape of the American dream, \u003ci\u003eThe Magnificent Ambersons\u003c\/i\u003e is a timeless classic that deserves a wider modern audience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNahma Sandrow\u003c\/b\u003e has written extensively about theater and cultural history, including the books \u003ci\u003eVagabond Stars: A World History of Yiddish Theater\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSurrealism: Theater, Arts, Ideas\u003c\/i\u003e. For many years a professor at Bronx Community College of the City University of New York, she has lectured at Oxford University, Harvard University, the Smithsonian, and elsewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47031132618992,"sku":"9781593082635","price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781593082635_p0.jpg?v=1763811875","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781593082635","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}