Amberson Ball Opens With Family Display And Gossip
At a grand Amberson ball in a town mansion, George Minafer navigates social optics, encounters the refined Uncle George and the Sharon girls uncle, and escorts Miss Morgan in a waltz. The event reveals class status, family power, and George’s uneasy awareness of Isabel and his future.
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Georgie
Malloch Smith
George Amberson Minafer
Amberson Mansion
Henry Franklin Foster
Isabel
Ambersons
George
Major
Amberson
Old John
Prince Albert
John Minafer
Fanny Minafer
Fanny
Franny Minnafer
Hvely
Morgan
Miss
Congress
Familly
Sydney Archerson
Amelia
Sydney
Russia
Italy
Ward
Aviella
Miss Morgan
Mr. Minuter
John
One for Mamma. A Child’s Quip at Dusting Time
A parent finds their daughter idle by the window while dusting remains unfinished. The child responds with a witty retort about Satan having work for idle hands, replying that the parent himself must be the one Satan serves.
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Mamma
Satan
Idim
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Mr. Smith
Miniter
George Amberson
Papa
Mrs. Amberson
Riffraff
Georgie Minafer
Sharon
Old John Minafer