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The Magnificent Ambersons: A Town of Grand Ambitions
Major Amberson builds a grand city empire in Midland, parading wealth via fountains, alabaster stables, and a famed mansion while townsfolk gossip about dog purchases and high society. Isabel Amberson Minafer marries Wilbur Minafer, but their son Georgie Minafer grows into a spoiled, tough child. The piece blends social comedy with early 20th century class satire in a portrait of a town chasing style and status.
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Major Amerson
Ambersons
Bat
Woo
Midland
Miltney Sant
Netlongs Avenue
Tenessere Street
Trish
Portland
Kathleen Mavourneen
Parewell
Amberson Hotel
Ndwin Booth
Amberso
National Avenue
Minerva
Mercury
Hercules
Venus
Armustus
Amberson
United States
White House
Amberson Mansion
Europe
Vem
Aleck Minafer
Ecodger
Fanny
Isabel Amberson
Aleck
George
Aimberson
Old Aleck
Isabel
Munity
Foster
Women’s Tennyson Club
Hazel Kirke
Henry Franklin Foster
Henry Wranklin Foster
Miss Amberson
Merry
Wilbur Minafer
Apollo
Isabel Anderson
Mrs. Foster
Wilbur
Shell