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Edna Ferber
Edna Ferber (1885-1968) was an American novelist, playwright, and short story writer. Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan to Jewish parents, Ferber was raised in Illinois, Iowa, and Wiscon...visualizza altroEdna Ferber (1885-1968) was an American novelist, playwright, and short story writer. Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan to Jewish parents, Ferber was raised in Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin. Economic hardship and antisemitism made their family a tight knit one as they moved constantly throughout Edna’s youth. At 17, she gave up her dream of studying to be an actor to support her family, finding work at the Appleton Daily Crescent and the Milwaukee Journal as a reporter. In 1911, while recovering from anemia, Ferber published her debut novel, Dawn O’Hara: The Girl Who Laughed, earning a reputation as a rising star in American literature. In 1925, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her novel So Big, which follows a young woman from a suburb of Chicago who takes a job as a teacher in a rural town. She followed up her critically acclaimed bestseller with the novel Show Boat (1926), which was adapted into a popular musical by Oscar Hammerstein and P. G. Wodehouse the year after its release. Several of her books became successful film and theater productions—So Big served as source material for a 1932 movie starring Barbara Stanwick, George Brent, and Bette Davis, which was remade in 1953 with Jane Wyman in the lead role. Ferber spent most of her life in New York City, where she became a member of the influential Algonquin Round Table group. In the leadup to the Second World War, Ferber supported President Franklin D. Roosevelt and was a fierce critic of Hitler and antisemitism around the world.visualizza meno
Libri di Edna Ferber
Show Boat Giant: A Novel Valutazione: 4 su 5 stelle4/5So Big Valutazione: 4 su 5 stelle4/5So Big: A Novel Valutazione: 4 su 5 stelle4/5So Big Valutazione: 4 su 5 stelle4/5So Big Valutazione: 4 su 5 stelle4/5Best Humorous Writings Valutazione: 0 su 5 stelle0 valutazioniOne Basket Valutazione: 4 su 5 stelle4/5Edna Ferber: The Complete Works Valutazione: 5 su 5 stelle5/5Fanny Herself: Autobiographical Novel Valutazione: 0 su 5 stelle0 valutazioniSo Big Valutazione: 4 su 5 stelle4/5
Audiolibri di Edna Ferber
So Big Valutazione: 5 su 5 stelle5/5Saratoga Trunk: A Novel Valutazione: 4 su 5 stelle4/5Giant: A Novel Valutazione: 4 su 5 stelle4/5So Big: A Novel Valutazione: 4 su 5 stelle4/5Roast Beef, Medium Valutazione: 4 su 5 stelle4/5Personality Plus Valutazione: 5 su 5 stelle5/5Si Grand Valutazione: 0 su 5 stelle0 valutazioniOne Basket Valutazione: 0 su 5 stelle0 valutazioniThe Dancing Girls Valutazione: 3 su 5 stelle3/5Dawn O'Hara, The Girl Who Laughed Valutazione: 5 su 5 stelle5/5Personality Plus Valutazione: 4 su 5 stelle4/5