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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Edna_FerberEdna Ferber - Wikipedia

    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.

  2. Jun 2, 2018 · Ferber was a feminist, a conservationist, a crusader for minorities and immigrants, and a staunch believer in the work ethic and American culture. Strong women characters rising above the limitations of birth and gender dominate her novels; most men in her works are weak, and many desert their women and children.

  3. Cimarron is a novel by Edna Ferber, published in April 1930 and based on development in Oklahoma after the Land Rush. The book was adapted into a critically acclaimed film of the same name, released in 1931 through RKO Pictures. The story was again adapted for the screen by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and was released in 1960, to meager success.

  4. In her breakthrough novel So Big, Edna Ferber follows the life of the unforgettable Selina Peake DeJong, a widowed farmer who through force of will transforms her hardscrabble property into a thriving business in a Dutch immigrant community outside of Chicago.

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  5. 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.

  6. Edna Ferber has 215 books on Goodreads with 57323 ratings. Edna Ferber’s most popular book is So Big.

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  8. Aug 29, 2019 · Published in 1924, and winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1925, So Big is a book that strives to find beauty in the ordinary. It rejects modern materialism while seeking to expose American capitalist orthodoxy for its empty promise of providing both money and happiness at the same time.