"Ambersons:" Something less than magnificent

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I enjoyed Booth Tarkington's "The Magnificent Ambersons," No. 100 on the Modern Library List of the top 100 fiction books of the 20th century. Here's my evaluation:

Title: "The Magnificent Ambersons."
Author: Booth Tarkington, 1869-1946.
Published: 1918.
One-Sentence Plot summary: Aristocratic, arrogant George Minifer, last scion of an old-money family at the heart of a growing Midwest city, endures the decay of the society he was expecting to inherit.
Opening line: "Major Amberson had 'made a fortune' in 1873, when other people were losing fortunes, and the magnificence of the Ambersons began then."
The message: There's hope for everyone, even an insufferable snob.
My rating: 3 out of 5, entertaining, but not particularly moving.
My ranking: 50 out of 100 (rankings will change as I complete more books on the Modern Library list).