Cheerful, by Request - Softcover

Ferber, Edna

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1434488683 ISBN 13: 9781434488688

Verlag: Wildside Press, 2025

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This collection of short stories captures the inner lives of American women striving to find purpose, dignity, and happiness amid the constraints of early 20th-century society. With wit and emotional depth, these character-driven tales explore factory floors, family kitchens, and boarding houses, painting vivid portraits of resilience and realism. Each story offers a lens into a different world, bound together by a shared struggle for self-expression in a time of rigid norms and silent compromises.

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Edna Ferber (1885 -1968) 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. In 1925, she won the Pulitzer Prize for her book, So Big. Ferber initially believed her draft of what would become So Big lacked a plot, glorified failure, and had a subtle theme that could easily be overlooked. When she sent the book to her usual publisher, Doubleday, she was surprised to learn that he strongly enjoyed the novel. This was reflected by the several hundreds of thousands of copies of the novel sold to the public. Following the award, the novel was made into a silent film starring Colleen Moore that same year. An early talkie movie remake followed in 1932, starring Barbara Stanwyck and George Brent, with Bette Davis in a supporting role. A 1953 remake of So Big starring Jane Wyman is the most popular version to modern audiences.

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• Verlag: Wildside Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2025
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1434488683
• ISBN 13: 9781434488688
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 376
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