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American Dreams, 1924: ‘So Big’ by Edna Ferber

Early Feminism

Edna Ferber’s Pulitzer-winning So Big was the bestselling novel of 1924. This class-conscious novel with a feminist heroine looks better the older it gets.

Nathaniel Rich
Nathaniel Rich
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Nathaniel Rich

Nathaniel Rich

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