Ambition, family, and changing fortunes in turn-of-the-century Chicago
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1924 Pulitzer Prize winner
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1924
Ambition, family, and changing fortunes in turn-of-the-century Chicago
Selina Peake Dejong’s life connects teaching, marriage, widowhood, and eventual success as a farmer, while her son Dirk’s story brings family relationships into the frame. Against a vivid picture of turn-of-the-century Chicago, Edna Ferber’s novel considers poverty, Americanization, sexism, and the meaning of success. These strands converge around a central question: what makes a person happy?
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So Big - winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1924 - the unforgettable story of schoolteacher Selina Peake Dejong, her marriage, widowhood, eventual success as a farmer, and of her son, Dirk.
In So Big, Ferber simultaneously created a vivid picture of turn-of-the-century Chicago and dealt with the (still) contemporary issues of poverty, Americanization, family tensions, sexism, and success, questioning what really makes a person happy in life.
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