Edna Ferber | |
| Born |
1885
|
|---|---|
| Died |
1968 (aged 83)
|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Drama, Historical Fiction |
| Nationality | American |
| Gender | Female |
Edna Ferber (1885–1968) was an American author and playwright known for her novels and plays that often depicted American life and cultural changes. Her notable works include “So Big” and “Show Boat,” the latter co-written with composer Jerome Kern. Ferber’s storytelling contributed to the cultural and literary landscape of the 20th century.
Short Stories written by Edna Ferber
A Bush League Hero 1922 - This is not a baseball story. The grandstand does not rise as one man and shout itself hoarse with joy.… ... Read more
Farmer in the Dell 1922 - Old Ben Westerveld was taking it easy. Every muscle taut, every nerve tense, his keen eyes vainly straining to pierce… ... Read more
Long Distance 1922 - Chet Ball was painting a wooden chicken yellow. The wooden chicken was mounted on a six-by-twelve board. The board was… ... Read more
Maymeys from Cuba 1922 - There is nothing new in this. It has all been done before. But tell me, what is new? Does the… ... Read more
One of the Old Girls 1922 - All of those ladies who end their conversation with you by wearily suggesting that you go down to the basement… ... Read more
Sun Dried 1922 - There come those times in the life of every woman when she feels that she must wash her hair at… ... Read more
That Home-Town Feeling 1922 - We all have our ambitions. Mine is to sit in a rocking-chair on the sidewalk at the corner of Clark… ... Read more
That’s Marriage 1922 - Theresa Platt (she had been Terry Sheehan) watched her husband across the breakfast table with eyes that smoldered. But Orville… ... Read more
The Frog and the Puddle 1922 - Any one who has ever written for the magazines (nobody could devise a more sweeping opening; it includes the iceman… ... Read more
The Gay Old Dog 1922 - Those of you who have dwelt--or even lingered--in Chicago, Illinois, are familiar with the region known as the Loop. For… ... Read more
The Homely Heroine 1922 - Millie Whitcomb, of the fancy goods and notions, beckoned me with her finger. I had been standing at Kate O'Malley's… ... Read more
The Kitchen Side of the Door 1922 - The City was celebrating New Year's Eve. Spelled thus, with a capital C, know it can mean but New York.… ... Read more
The Leading Lady 1922 - The leading lady lay on her bed and wept. Not as you have seen leading ladies weep, becomingly, with eyebrows… ... Read more
The Man Who Came Back 1922 - There are two ways of doing battle against Disgrace. You may live it down; or you may run away from… ... Read more
The Maternal Feminine 1922 - Called upon to describe Aunt Sophy, you would have to coin a term or fall back on the dictionary definition… ... Read more
The Woman Who Tried to Be Good 1922 - Before she tried to be a good woman she had been a very bad woman--so bad that she could trail… ... Read more
Un Morso doo Pang 1922 - When you are twenty you do not patronize sunsets unless you are unhappy, in love, or both. Tessie Golden was… ... Read more
What She Wore 1922 - Somewhere in your story you must pause to describe your heroine's costume. It is a ticklish task. The average reader… ... Read more
Where the Car Turns at 18th 1922 - This will be a homing pigeon story. Though I send it ever so far--though its destination be the office of… ... Read more
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