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The Magnificent Ambersons in a Midland Town
A detailed portrait of the Amberson clan's rise in a Midwestern city. Major Amberson builds a grand estate on Amber son boulevard, courting prestige and superlatives while locals recall thrifty roots, social rituals, and the town’s evolving manners as Isabel Amberson Minafer enters an engagement that foreshadows changing fortunes.
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Amberson
Ambersons
Military Square
National Avenue
Tennessee Street
Portland
Kathleen Mavourneen
Amberson Hotel
Edwin Booth
Minerva
Mercury
Hercules
Venus
Augustus
United States
White House
Amberson Mansion
Europe
Aleck Minafer
Fanny
Isabel Amberson
Aleck
George
Old Aleck
Isabel
George Amberson Minafer
Georgie
Cedric
Nps
Malloch Smith
Jackass