The Magnificent Ambersons
American novelist, 1869–1946. Won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1919 and 1922.
The Magnificent Ambersons is a 1918 novel by Booth Tarkington. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1919.
In family saga
On 2 of the 15 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Booth Tarkington
- First published
- 1918
- Length
- 216 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner, 1919
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Family saga, Class and society
- Series
- Book 2 of The Growth trilogy
Is The Magnificent Ambersons worth reading?
2 of the 15 best-of lists it could have made include it: the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and 100 Best Novels (board's list) (Modern Library).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 Best Novels (board's list) (Modern Library, 1998) | No. 100 | See the list |
| Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (winners and finalists) (Columbia University, 1919) | Winner | See the list |
Best edition of The Magnificent Ambersons
The edition we link to is the Digireads.com paperback (2019), 216 pages.
- Publisher
- Digireads.com (paperback, 2019)
- Pages
- 216
- ISBN
- 9781420964790
How critics, prizes and readers rate The Magnificent Ambersons
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 100% of the points available on prize lists, against 11% on critics' lists and 0% on readers' and booksellers' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work