The Magnificent Ambersons is a 1918 novel written by
Booth Tarkington which won the
1919 Pulitzer Prize for the
novel. It was the second novel in his
Growth trilogy, which included
The Turmoil (1915) and
The Midlander (1923, retitled
National Avenue in 1927). In 1925 the novel was first adapted for film under the title
Pampered Youth. In
1942 Orson Welles wrote and directed an acclaimed
film adaptation of the book. Welles's original screenplay was the basis of a
2002 TV movie produced by the
A&E Network.