The classic collection of Edna Ferber. Pulitzer Prize 1925. Novels, Novellas and short story. Illustrated: So Big, Show Boat, Buttered Side Down, Personality Plus, Gigolo and others
May 2025 · Andrii Ponomarenko
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Edna Ferber was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels include the Pulitzer Prize-winning So Big (1924), Show Boat (1926; made into the celebrated 1927 musical), Cimarron (1930; adapted into the 1931 film which won the Academy Award for Best Picture), Giant (1952; made into the 1956 film of the same name) and Ice Palace (1958), which also received a film adaptation in 1960. She helped adapt her short story "Old Man Minick", published in 1922, into a play (Minick) and it was thrice adapted to film, in 1925 as the silent film Welcome Home, in 1932 as The Expert, and in 1939 as No Place to Go.
Contents:
Novels
Dawn O'Hara, The Girl Who Laughed
Fanny Herself
So Big
Show Boat
Novellas and short story collections
Buttered Side Down
Roast Beef, Medium
Personality Plus
Emma Mc Chesney and Co.
Cheerful – By Request
Half Portions
Gigolo
Edna Ferber was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels include the Pulitzer Prize-winning So Big (1924), Show Boat (1926; made into the celebrated 1927 musical), Cimarron (1930; adapted into the 1931 film which won the Academy Award for Best Picture), Giant (1952; mad...
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