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Edna Ferber (August 15, 1885 – April 16, 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 ...
Pages in category "Novels by Edna Ferber" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
So Big is a 1924 novel written by Edna Ferber. The book was inspired by the life of Antje Paarlberg in the Dutch community of South Holland , Illinois, a Chicago suburb. It was a best-seller in the United States and won the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1925.
It begins with author Edna Ferber, a Pulitzer Prize winning novelist, one of the best-selling writers of the century and now all but forgotten. Ferber won the Pulitzer early on for her novel So Big.
Saratoga Trunk is a best-selling novel by American author Edna Ferber, originally published by Doubleday, Doran in 1941.. It concerns a notorious Creole woman, Clio Dulaine, who returns to her native New Orleans and marries a Texas gambler, Colonel Clint Maroon.
Show Boat is a 1926 novel by American author and dramatist Edna Ferber. It chronicles the lives of three generations of performers on the Cotton Blossom , a floating theater on a steamboat that travels between small towns along the banks of the Mississippi River , from the 1880s to the 1920s.
NYT Strands Spangram Answer Today. Today's spangram answer on Thursday, December 12, 2024, is COOKIECUTTER. What Are Today’s NYT Strands Answers, Word List for Thursday, December 12? BUNNY ...
Hollywood had long since taken notice of writer Edna Ferber's talents. The first Ferber adaptation came in 1918 with the silent Our Mrs. McChesney, based on a play Ferber had written. So Big was released as a film the same year it was published as a novel, and adaptations of Gigolo and Show Boat also followed. With the advent of sound, Ferber ...