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Edna Ferber 
Cheerful by Request (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) 

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Duty, loneliness, and longing are recurring themes in this 1918 collection of a dozen short stories by the author of Show Boat. Includes “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, ” and “The Guiding Miss Gowd.”


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Edna Ferber (1885-1968) was an American journalist and writer.  Her stories feature strong female protagonists as well as characters who overcome discrimination. Her 1924 novel So Big won the Pulitzer Prize, and her novel Show Boat (1926) was adapted into one of the great American musicals.  Her later novel Giant (1952) was made into blockbuster film.
Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 388 ● ISBN 9781411456754 ● File size 0.3 MB ● Age 99-17 years ● Publisher Barnes & Noble ● Published 2011 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 8513877 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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