The_Magnificent_Ambersons

作者：Booth Tarkington

播音：Mark F. Smith

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Inaworldwhereagentleman’slifeisdefinedmore“bybeing,ratherthanbydoing,”afamily’sreputationcanbecompromisedifitisnotguardedcarefully,andthesoleheiroftheAmbersonfamilyisprovinghimselftobeadifficultperson.Expectedbythefamilytocarryonitsproudtraditions,GeorgeAmbersonMinaferistrustedimplicitly.Butthoughrichrelativesprovidetheelegantsuits,thehandsomeyoungmanwhowearsthemisfilledwithlittlebutappearances.Andthishappensinspiteof,orperhaps,becauseof,hismother’sselflesslovethatplaceshimaboveherownhappiness.AsGeorge’suncleperceptivelyremarks,“lifeandmoneybothbehavelikeloosequicksilverinanestofcracks.”Withthenewautomobileindustrytransformingfortunesandcoalheattransformingcityairintosootyclouds,anythingthatstandsstillisapttoberunover,oratleastbegrimed.WhatismagnificentabouttheAmbersonsistheirfaithfulrelianceonoldmoneyandoldwaysinaworldchangingrapidlyaroundthem.Orperhapsitisthemagnificenceofthetrain-wreckcreatedwhenGeorge’srelatives,withthebestintentions,shieldhimfromthenewrealitiesanddefertoallhiswishes.BoothTarkington’smostpopularnovel,“TheMagnificentAmbersons”,willcontinuetodrawreadersforitswell-craftedportraitsofwhatexistedforjustashortwhile–theMid-Westernaristocracy.