Booth Tarkington 
The Magnificent Ambersons 

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The Magnificent Ambersons, written by Booth Tarkington, was a novel which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1919. The book centers around a family in the Midwest that sees its fortunes crumble at the turn of the 20th century due to the rapid industrialization in America.