Duty, loneliness, and longing are recurring themes in this 1918 collection of a dozen short stories by the author of Show Boat. Includes “The Gay Old Dog.” “The Tough Guy, ” “The Eldest, ” “That’s Marriage, ” “The Woman Who Tried to Be Good, ” “The Girl Who Went Right, ” “The Hooker-Up-the-Back, ” and “The Guiding Miss Gowd.”
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Edna Ferber (1885-1968) was an American journalist and writer. Her stories feature strong female protagonists as well as characters who overcome discrimination. Her 1924 novel So Big won the Pulitzer Prize, and her novel Show Boat (1926) was adapted into one of the great American musicals. Her later novel Giant (1952) was made into blockbuster film.
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Sprache Englisch ● Format EPUB ● Seiten 388 ● ISBN 9781411456754 ● Dateigröße 0.3 MB ● Alter 99-17 Jahre ● Verlag Barnes & Noble ● Erscheinungsjahr 2011 ● herunterladbar 24 Monate ● Währung EUR ● ID 8513877 ● Kopierschutz Adobe DRM
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