Tarkington, Booth

George Amberson Minafer, the spoiled and arrogant grandson of the founder of the Amberson family fortune, sets the wealthy society clan on the path to financial ruin in the late nineteenth century.

Follows the fortunes of a middle-western family risen to sudden wealth and local importance in the early 1870s.

George Amberson Minafer, the spoiled and arrogant grandson of the founder of the Amberson family fortune, sets the wealthy society clan on the path to financial ruin in the late nineteenth century.

The story of Penrod, a daydreamy boy from the middle class, growing up in a midwest city. He is twelve and constantly battling boredom and adults.