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So Big Edna Ferber · 1920 · ★ 4.1 So Big - winner of the Pulitzer Prize - the unforgettable story of Selina Peake Dejong, her marriage, widowhood, eventual success as a truck farmer, and of her son, Dirk. In So Big, Ferber simultaneously created a vivid picture of turn-of-the-century Chicago and dealt with the contemporary issues of poverty, Americanization, family tensions, sexism, and success. Shares: Chicago, American literature

The Song of the Lark Willa Cather · 1915 · ★ 3.9 · 216p · ≈ 7h · Challenging Determined to leave behind the dull values of her small hometown, an opera singer devotes increasing amounts of energy to developing her art. Shares: Chicago, American literature

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