The Magnificent Ambersons

by Booth Tarkington · 1918

The spoiled heir of a wealthy Midwestern family clings to old privilege as industrial modernity overtakes his town and erodes the family fortune.

Books mentioned in The Magnificent Ambersons (10)

• The Virginians by William Makepeace Thackeray: “I have finished both “Henry Esmond” and “The Virginians.” I like Thackeray”
• The History of Henry Esmond by William Makepeace Thackeray: “I have finished both “Henry Esmond” and “The Virginians.””
• Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare: “borrow a copy of “Twelfth Night.” ... refreshed his memory of the play”
• Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes: “he’s a knight, George—a crazy one, perhaps, if you’ve read ‘Don Quixote.’”
• Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe: “Guy de Maupassant’s stories, “Robinson Crusoe,” “Sappho,””
• Sappho by Alphonse Daudet: “Guy de Maupassant’s stories, “Robinson Crusoe,” “Sappho,””
• The Little Minister by J. M. Barrie: “a Bible, “The Arabian Nights’ Entertainment,” ... “The Little Minister,””
• A Thousand and One Nights: “a Bible, “The Arabian Nights’ Entertainment,” ... on a doctor’s ante-room table”
• Mr. Barnes of New York by Archibald Clavering Gunter: ““Barnes of New York,” ... a Bible, “The Arabian Nights’ Entertainment””
• Hazel Kirke by Steele MacKaye: “when “Hazel Kirke” finally reached the town, after its long triumph in larger places”