Half Portions

Half Portions

Half Portions

Edna Ferber

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Editorial:
Standard Publications
Año de edición:
2010
Materia
Cuentos
ISBN:
9781438536071
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Edna Ferber was an early 20th century American author and playwright. Ferber worked for several newspapers. She covered the 1920 Republican and Democratic national conventions for the United Press Association. Her novels often featured a strong female protagonist and often had a secondary character who faced some form of discrimination. In 1925 her novel So Big won a Pulitzer Prize. Stories in this collection include The maternal feminine, April 25th, as usual, Old lady Mandle, You’ve got to be selfish, Long distance, Un Morso Doo Pang, One hundred per cent, Farmer in the Del, and The dancing girls.

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