Twelve kinds of taste
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Fiction, Children of the rich in fiction, Mothers and sons, Social change
Major Amberson had "made a fortune" in 1878, when other people were losing fortunes, and the magnificence of the Ambersons began then. Magnificence, like the size of a fortune, is always comparative, as even Magnificent Lorenzo may now perceive, if he has happened to haunt New York in 1916; and the Ambersons were magnificent in their day and place.
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Nostalgic, prestige, contemplative and spare.
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“Major Amberson had "made a fortune" in 1873, when other people were losing fortunes, and the magnificence of the Ambersons began then.”
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“Is the nostalgia doing the heavy lifting?”
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“Is The Magnificent Ambersons a masterpiece, not merely a very good book?”
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“Has The Magnificent Ambersons aged badly?”
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