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Description edit
Winner of the 1924 Pulitzer Prize, So Big is widely regarded as Edna Ferber's crowning achievement.A rollicking panorama of Chicago's high and low life, this stunning novel follows the travails of gambler's daughter Selina Peake DeJong as she struggles to maintain her dignity, her family,... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Selina Peake: Add a description of this character.
- Dirk De Jong
- Paula
- Roelf Pool
- Julie Hempel
- Geertje
- Simeon Peake
- Pervus Dejong
- Klaas Pool
- Maartje
- Michael Arnold
- Adam Ooms
- Miss O'mara
- Hoogendunk
- Mattie Schwengauer
- Goguet
- Selina Dejong
- Chris
- Mabel
- Mrs. Tebbitt
- Jan Steen
- Johannes Ambuul
- Paarlenberg
First Sentence edit
Until he was almost ten the name stuck to him.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 10 in Publishers Weekly Bestselling Novels in 1924. (authoritative list)
Followed by The Plastic Age.
This is book 1925 of 83 in Pulitzer Prize Winners - Fiction. (authoritative list)
Preceded by The Able McLaughlins, and followed by Arrowsmith.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Edna Ferber (Author)
Awards edit
- Pulitzer Prize (1925: Novel)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.52
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