Download or read book The Collected Short Stories of Edna Ferber Including Buttered Side Down Cheerful By Request Half Portions Gigolo written by Edna Ferber and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2022-09-26 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of short stories by the infamously witty Jazz Age writer and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Edna Ferber, including Buttered Side Down, Cheerful - By Request, Half Portions, and Gigolo. This volume features many of Edna Ferber’s best works of fiction. The Algonquin Round Table writer is known for her masterful ability to capture quiet everyday lives and present insightful philosophies. Many of her characters are strong, wilful women who have the remarkable capacity to exceed expectations as single mothers and businesswomen. The stories in this book are sad, enlightening, comedic, and surprisingly modern. The Collected Short Stories of Edna Ferber explores life before, during, and after the First World War, taking the reader through the quiet countryside of North America and into the States’ bustling cities. This collection features much-loved stories, including: - ‘The Kitchen Side of the Door’ - ‘The Leading Lady’ - ‘Cheerful by Request’ - ‘The Woman Who Tried to Be Good’ - ‘The Maternal Feminine’ - ‘One Hundred Per Cent’ - ‘Gigolo’ - ‘The Sudden Sixties’ First published between 1911 and 1922, this volume is now in a brand new edition, complete with an introduction by Rogers Dickinson. The Collected Short Stories of Edna Ferber would make the perfect gift for fans of the early feminist writer.
Download or read book Edna Ferber Collection Novels written by Edna Ferber and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-07-02 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edna Ferber (August 15, 1885 - April 16, 1968) was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels were especially popular and included the Pulitzer Prize-winning So Big (1924), Show Boat (1926; made into the celebrated 1927 musical), Cimarron (1929; made into the 1931 film which won the Academy Award for Best Picture), and Giant (1952; made into the 1956 Hollywood movie). Ferber's novels generally featured strong female protagonists, along with a rich and diverse collection of supporting characters. She usually highlighted at least one strong secondary character who faced discrimination ethnically or for other reasons; through this technique, Ferber demonstrated her belief that people are people and that the not-so-pretty people have the best character. In this book: Cheerful--By Request, 1918 Fanny Herself, 1917 Buttered Side Down, 1912 Gigolo, 1922 One Basket, 1947 Half Portions, 1919 Dawn O'Hara, The Girl Who Laughed, 1911
Download or read book Cheerful By Request An Edna Ferber Short Story Collection written by Edna Ferber and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2022-09-26 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Edna Ferber, this collection of short stories features the tales of many brave, charming women who will stay with you long after you’ve set this volume down. Set in Chicago in the early 1910s, these 12 short stories mostly feature everyday American women. Edna Ferber was a humorous, witty writer with excellent skill for capturing the small details of normal life. Her writing is sometimes sad and at other times comedic, but her stories are always memorable. This volume features 12 short stories: - ‘Cheerful by Request’ - ‘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’ - ‘The Guiding Miss Gowd’ - ‘Sophy-As-She-Might-Have-Been’ - ‘The Three of Them’ - ‘Shore Leave’ First published in 1918, Cheerful - By Request is now in a brand new edition featuring an introductory excerpt by Rogers Dickinson. This insightful collection of short stories by Edna Ferber is not to be missed by collectors of the Algonquin Round Table writers’ work.
Download or read book Buttered Side Down written by Edna Edna Ferber and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-20 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edna Ferber (1885-1968), was an American novelist, author and playwright. Her novels generally featured a strong female as the protagonist, although she fleshed out multiple characters in each book.
Download or read book Gigolo An Edna Ferber Short Story Collection written by Edna Ferber and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2022-09-26 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Handsome mechanics, struggling actresses, unhappy couples, and seemingly successful businessmen, Gigolo is an Edna Ferber short story collection that recounts the quiet private lives of everyday Americans. First published in 1922, Gigolo contains eight short stories that give a remarkable insight into life in 1910s America. The aftermath of the war, the glamour of Hollywood, and women’s long-awaited right to vote have had varying effects on the characters Edna Ferber presents in this masterful collection. This volume features eight short stories: - ‘The Afternoon of a Faun’ - ‘‘Old Man Minick’ - ‘‘Gigolo’ - ‘‘Not a Day Over Twenty-One’ - ‘‘Home Girl’ - ‘‘Ain’t Nature Wonderful!’ - ‘‘The Sudden Sixties’ - ‘‘If I Should Ever Travel!’ Read & Co. Classics have proudly republished Gigolo - An Edna Ferber Short Story Collection in a brand new edition, complete with an introduction by Rogers Dickinson. This volume is not one to be missed by fans of the famous Jazz Age writer.
Download or read book Buttered Side Down written by Edna Ferber and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-09-27 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edna Ferber was a 20th century American author whose novels, short stories, and plays were extremely popular during her era. She wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning So Big, Show Boat, Cimarron, and Giant.
Download or read book Half Portions written by Edna Edna Ferber and published by . This book was released on 2017-07-27 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How is this book unique? Font adjustments & biography included Unabridged (100% Original content) Illustrated About Half Portions by Edna Ferber Half Portions is a collection of stories set before, during and after World War I in small town America. The final story in this collection, The Dancing Girls, was similar to The Afternoon Of A Faun in another collection of Ferber's stories, Gigolo. Half Portions was written in the year 1920 by Edna Ferber. This book is one of the most popular novels of Edna Ferber, and has been translated into several other languages around the world. Overall,Half Portions by Edna Ferber is packed with real life stories--intimate and revealing, with the touches of insight that let her characters' souls shine through. Done in Edna Ferber's own way. Edna Ferber was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels were especially popular and included the Pulitzer Prize-winning So Big (1924), Show Boat (1926; made into the celebrated 1927 musical), Cimarron (1929; made into the 1931 film which won the Academy Award for Best Picture), and Giant (1952; made into the 1956 Hollywood movie).
Download or read book Buttered Side Down written by Edna Edna Ferber and published by . This book was released on 2017-04-23 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How is this book unique? Font adjustments & biography included Unabridged (100% Original content) Illustrated About Buttered Side Down by Edna Ferber Edba Ferber was ahead of her time; she reflects the moral values that made America great, in all of her writings that I have been able to read; you will not be disappointed; she describes morally gifted, strong women that love men and know how to support them in life's struggles. Buttered Side Down by Edna Ferber is surprisingly refreshing, at times bittersweet, and very clever short stories about shop clerks, hotel staff and wait servers set mainly in the larger American cities in the early 20th century. Very well written sketches of the era and there are the hints of other Ferber books ahead. The reader has a beautiful, expressive voice and except for a bit too much "brogue" and clipped phrasing sometimes, does a superior job.
Download or read book Dawn O hara written by Edna Ferber and published by . This book was released on 2008-04 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edna Ferber (1885-1968) was an American novelist, author and playwright, born in Kalamazoo, Michigan. She briefly attended Lawrence University and took jobs at the Appleton Daily Crescent and the Milwaukee Journal before publishing her first novel. Her novels generally featured a strong female as the protagonist, although she fleshed out multiple characters in each book. She usually highlighted at least one strong secondary character who faced discrimination ethnically or for other reasons; through this technique, Ferber demonstrated her belief that people are people and that the non-so-pretty persons have the best character. In 1925, she won the Pulitzer Prize for her book So Big (1924). Several theatrical and film productions have been made based on her works, including: Show Boat (1926) and Cimarron (1930) which won an Oscar. Other works include: Buttered Side Down (1912), Fanny Herself (1917), Cheerful by Request (1918), and Half Portions (1920).
Download or read book Cheerful By Request written by Edna Ferber and published by . This book was released on 2023-01-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of stories Bio 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), which also received a film adaptation in 1960. Ferber's novels generally featured strong female protagonists, along with a rich and diverse collection of supporting characters. She usually highlighted at least one strong secondary character who faced discrimination, ethnic or otherwise. Ferber's works often concerned small subsets of American culture, and sometimes took place in exotic locations she had visited but was not intimately familiar with, such as Texas or Alaska. She thus helped to highlight the diversity of American culture to those who did not have the opportunity to experience it. Some novels are set in places she had not visited. (wikipedia.org)
Download or read book Half Portions written by Edna Ferber and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-09 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Half Portions is one of the vintage collections by Edna Ferber . Early twentieth-century novel by Edna Ferber, the American, novelist, author and playwright whose novels generally featured a strong female as the protagonist, although she fleshed out multiple characters in each book.
Download or read book Cheerful by Request written by Edna Edna Ferber and published by . This book was released on 2017-04-23 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How is this book unique? Font adjustments & biography included Unabridged (100% Original content) Illustrated About Cheerful By Request by Edna Ferber Cheerful By Request was written in the year 1918 by Edna Ferber. This book is one of the most popular novels of Edna Ferber, and has been translated into several other languages around the world. This novel features a strong female as the protagonist, although she fleshed out multiple characters in each book. She usually highlighted at least one strong secondary character who faced discrimination ethnically or for other reasons; through this technique, Ferber demonstrated her belief that people are people and that the non-so-pretty persons have the best character.
Download or read book Gigolo written by Edna Ferber and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-14 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gigolo by Edna Ferber Eight stories of tangy satire and sweet sentimentality. Filled with human drama, unfaltering reason, and extraordinary description. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
Download or read book Cheerful By Request Illustrated written by Edna Ferber and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-07 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From "Cheerful -- By Request" The editor paid for the lunch (as editors do). He lighted his seventh cigarette and leaned back. The conversation, which had zigzagged from the war to Zuloaga, and from Rasputin the Monk to the number of miles a Darrow would go on a gallon, narrowed down to the thin, straight line of business.
Download or read book Gigolo Illustrated written by Edna Ferber and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-02 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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), which also received a film adaptation in 1960.
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Download or read book Gigolo written by Edna Ferber and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-27 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gigolo is an early twentieth-century novel by Edna Ferber, the American, novelist, author and playwright whose novels generally feature a strong female as the protagonist, although she fleshed out multiple characters in each book. She usually highlighted at least one strong secondary character who faced discrimination ethnically or for other reasons; through this technique, Ferber demonstrated her belief that people are people and that the non-so-pretty persons have the best character.
