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• 名称：The_Magnificent_Ambersons
• 作者：Booth Tarkington
• 状态：完结
• 播音：Mark F. Smith
• 最新章节：The Magnificent Ambersons.doc
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• Inaworldwhereagentleman’slifeisdefinedmore“bybeing,ratherthanbydoing,”afamily’sreputationcanbecompromisedifitisnotguardedcarefully,andthesoleheiroftheAmbersonfamilyisprovinghimselftobeadifficultperson.Expectedbythefamilytocarryonitsproudtraditions,GeorgeAmbersonMinaferistrustedimplicitly.Butthoughrichrelativesprovidetheelegantsuits,thehandsomeyoungmanwhowearsthemisfilledwithlittlebutappearances.Andthishappensinspiteof,orperhaps,becauseof,hismother’sselflesslovethatplaceshimaboveherownhappiness.AsGeorge’suncleperceptivelyremarks,“lifeandmoneybothbehavelikeloosequicksilverinanestofcracks.”Withthenewautomobileindustrytransformingfortunesandcoalheattransformingcityairintosootyclouds,anythingthatstandsstillisapttoberunover,oratleastbegrimed.WhatismagnificentabouttheAmbersonsistheirfaithfulrelianceonoldmoneyandoldwaysinaworldchangingrapidlyaroundthem.Orperhapsitisthemagnificenceofthetrain-wreckcreatedwhenGeorge’srelatives,withthebestintentions,shieldhimfromthenewrealitiesanddefertoallhiswishes.BoothTarkington’smostpopularnovel,“TheMagnificentAmbersons”,willcontinuetodrawreadersforitswell-craftedportraitsofwhatexistedforjustashortwhile–theMid-Westernaristocracy.