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First Published in 1924 and awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1925, Edna Ferber’s “So Big” is the fascinating tale of Selina Peak De Jong and her resilience in the face of a difficult marriage, widowhood, and single parenthood, set in the Dutch farming community of South Holland, Illinois near Chicago. Ferber based her courageous and resourceful heroine on the story of Antje Paarlberg, who was a Dutch immigrant and an enterprising farmer and widow in her Midwestern community. In the beginning, Selina is a school teacher in a rural community and she works hard to foster a love of art and beautiful things in her students. Soon she marries a Dutch farmer named Pervus and they have a son named Dirk, whom she nicknames “So Big”. Pervus falls ill and dies and Selina is left alone to try and keep the farm afloat. Selina struggles to preserve her dignity in a community that is often stern and judgmental and never loses her love of beauty and art. Ferber’s novel is full of complex and nuanced characters and her themes of ambition, sexism, and poverty continue to resonant with readers.
Show Boat (Unabridged)

Show Boat (Unabridged)

Edna Ferber

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Feminist Literary Classics - Volume III - Orlando

Feminist Literary Classics - Volume III - Orlando

Virginia Woolf, Willa Cather, Edna Ferber

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Cimarron

Cimarron

Edna Ferber

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Show Boat

Show Boat

Edna Ferber

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Show Boat

Show Boat

Edna Ferber

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Show Boat

Show Boat

Edna Ferber

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The Girls

The Girls

Edna Ferber

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Dawn O'Hara: The Girl Who Laughed

Dawn O'Hara: The Girl Who Laughed

Edna Ferber

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Show Boat

Show Boat

Edna Ferber

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The Collected Short Stories of Edna Ferber - Including Buttered Side Down, Cheerful - By Request, Half Portions, & Gigolo

The Collected Short Stories of Edna Ferber - Including Buttered Side Down, Cheerful - By Request, Half Portions, & Gigolo

Edna Ferber

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Emma McChesney & Co. - Book 3

Emma McChesney & Co. - Book 3

Edna Ferber

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So Big - An Edna Ferber Novel

So Big - An Edna Ferber Novel

Edna Ferber

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Buttered Side Down - An Edna Ferber Short Story Collection

Buttered Side Down - An Edna Ferber Short Story Collection

Edna Ferber

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Cheerful - By Request - An Edna Ferber Short Story Collection

Cheerful - By Request - An Edna Ferber Short Story Collection

Edna Ferber

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Roast Beef, Medium - The Business Adventures of Emma McChesney - Book 1

Roast Beef, Medium - The Business Adventures of Emma McChesney - Book 1

Edna Ferber

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Emma McChesney & Co. - Book 3

Emma McChesney & Co. - Book 3

Edna Ferber

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Half Portions - An Edna Ferber Short Story Collection

Half Portions - An Edna Ferber Short Story Collection

Edna Ferber

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Cheerful - By Request - An Edna Ferber Short Story Collection

Cheerful - By Request - An Edna Ferber Short Story Collection

Edna Ferber

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So Big - An Edna Ferber Novel

So Big - An Edna Ferber Novel

Edna Ferber

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Gigolo - An Edna Ferber Short Story Collection

Gigolo - An Edna Ferber Short Story Collection

Edna Ferber

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Personality Plus - Some Experiences of Emma McChesney and Her Son, Jock - Book 2

Personality Plus - Some Experiences of Emma McChesney and Her Son, Jock - Book 2

Edna Ferber

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Gigolo - An Edna Ferber Short Story Collection

Gigolo - An Edna Ferber Short Story Collection

Edna Ferber

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The Emma McChesney Collection - Three Volumes in One

The Emma McChesney Collection - Three Volumes in One

Edna Ferber

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Show Boat - An Edna Ferber Novel

Show Boat - An Edna Ferber Novel

Edna Ferber

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Fanny Herself - An Edna Ferber Novel

Fanny Herself - An Edna Ferber Novel

Edna Ferber

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Buttered Side Down - An Edna Ferber Short Story Collection

Buttered Side Down - An Edna Ferber Short Story Collection

Edna Ferber

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Dawn O'Hara, The Girl Who Laughed - An Edna Ferber Novel

Dawn O'Hara, The Girl Who Laughed - An Edna Ferber Novel

Edna Ferber

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Show Boat - An Edna Ferber Novel

Show Boat - An Edna Ferber Novel

Edna Ferber

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The Collected Short Stories of Edna Ferber - Including Buttered Side Down, Cheerful - By Request, Half Portions, & Gigolo

The Collected Short Stories of Edna Ferber - Including Buttered Side Down, Cheerful - By Request, Half Portions, & Gigolo

Edna Ferber

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So Big

So Big

Edna Ferber

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So Big

So Big

Edna Ferber

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Show Boat

Show Boat

Edna Ferber

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Dawn O' Hara

Dawn O' Hara

Edna Ferber

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Fanny Herself

Fanny Herself

Edna Ferber

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Dawn O' Hara

Dawn O' Hara

Edna Ferber

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Fanny Herself

Fanny Herself

Edna Ferber

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So Big

So Big

Edna Ferber

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So Big

So Big

Edna Ferber

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So Big

So Big

Edna Ferber

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Show Boat

Show Boat

Edna Ferber

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So Big

So Big

Edna Ferber

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So Big

So Big

Edna Ferber

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So Big

So Big

Edna Ferber

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So Big

So Big

Edna Ferber

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So Big

So Big

Edna Ferber

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So Big

So Big

Edna Ferber

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So Big

So Big

Edna Ferber

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So Big

So Big

Edna Ferber

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Giant

Giant

Edna Ferber

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Saratoga Trunk

Saratoga Trunk

Edna Ferber

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So Big

So Big

Edna Ferber

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Giant

Giant

Edna Ferber

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Saratoga Trunk

Saratoga Trunk

Edna Ferber

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