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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and widely considered to be Edna Ferber's greatest achievement, So Big is a classic novel of turn-of-the-century Chicago.

Hailed as a novel "to read and remember" (New York Times), So Big... Read Full Overview

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... Read Full Overview

Inspired by the life events of Antje Paarlberg, So Big is an award-winning drama that depicts the life of Selina Peake de Jong. Raised in a strict farming community, Selina decides to be a schoolteacher. Good-hearted and kind, she attempts to inspire her students to... Read Full Overview

So Big is the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by masterful Algonquin Round Table writer Edna Ferber, inspired by the incredible life of Dutch pioneer Antje Paarlberg.

A thoughtful, gripping novel, So Big follows the story of a young schoolteacher,... Read Full Overview

Edna Ferber wrote So Big in 1924 and won the Pulitzer Prize for it the following year. The bestselling book was inspired by the life of Antje Paarlberg of the Dutch community of South Holland, a Chicago suburb. So Big follows the life of Selina Peake DeJong, a gambler's daughter... Read Full Overview

First Published in 1924 and awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1925, Edna Ferber's "So Big" is the fascinating tale of Selina Peak De Jong and her resilience in the face of a difficult marriage, widowhood, and single parenthood, set in the Dutch farming community of South Holland,... Read Full Overview

"It has the completeness, and finality, that grips and exalts and convinces. . . . So Big is a masterpiece." -- Literary Review
"A thoughtful book, clean and strong, dramatic at times, interesting always, clear-sighted, sympathetic, a novel to read and to remember."... Read Full Overview

So Big is a 1924 novel written by Edna Ferber. The book was inspired by the life of Antje Paarlberg in the Dutch community of South Holland, Illinois, a Chicago suburb. It was a best-seller in the United States and won the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1925.

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The story follows the life of a young woman, Selina Peake De Jong, who decides to be a school teacher in farming country. During her stay on the Pool family farm, she encourages the young Roelf Pool to follow his interests, which include art. Upon his mother's death, Roelf... Read Full Overview

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and widely considered to be Edna Ferber's greatest achievement, So Big is a classic novel of turn-of-the-century Chicago.

Hailed as a novel "to read and remember" (New York Times), So Big is the unforgettable story of the indomitable Selina... Read Full Overview

2020 Reprint of the 1924 Edition. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and widely considered to be Edna Ferber's greatest achievement, So Big is a classic novel of turn-of-the-century Chicago. A rollicking panarama of Chicago's high and low life, this stunning novel follows the travails... Read Full Overview

The International Collectors Library are reprint editions of classic fiction and non-fiction bound in faux leather with 24K gold stamping replicating historic binding designs.

Inspired by the life events of Antje Paarlberg, So Big is an award-winning drama that depicts the life of Selina Peake de Jong. Raised in a strict farming community, Selina decides to be a schoolteacher. Good-hearted and kind, she attempts to inspire her students to... Read Full Overview