So Big (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Edna Ferber
- First Published: 1924
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: Early twentieth century
- Setting: Illinois
- Principal Characters: Selina Peake Dejong, Pervus Dejong, Dirk “Sobig” Dejong, August Hempel, Julie Hempel, Simon Peake, Roelf Pool, Mattie Schwengauer, Paula Arnold Storm, Dallas O’Mara
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: Values, Child rearing or parenting, United States or Americans, Mothers, Parents and children, Gambling, Twentieth century, Beauty, Farms, farmers, or farming, Fathers, Ambition, Lifestyles, Life, philosophy of, Career women
- Locales: Illinois
The Story:
The first step in Selina’s development was her life with her father. He was a man who lived by the whims of fortune; when his gambling went well, he and his daughter lived in the best hotels, and when it went badly, they barely got by in cheap boardinghouses. No matter where they lived, however, they lived every moment, savoring life as a fine meal. This ability to live was, in fact, the true legacy that Simon Peake left his daughter, and it became her most important possession. Her other legacy, after Simon was brought back to the boardinghouse dead from a bullet...
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