Edna Ferber
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The Best American Short Stories is the longest running and best-selling series of short fiction in the country. For the centennial celebration of this beloved annual series, master of the form Lorrie Moore selects forty stories from the more than two thousand that were published in previous editions. Series editor Heidi Pitlor recounts behind-the-scenes anecdotes and examines, decade by decade, the trends captured over a hundred years. Together, the...
16) Giant
Series
Language
English
Description
Bick Benedict, his society-gilded wife and three generations of land-rich Texas sons and daughters love, swagger, connive and clash in a monumental drama of family strife, racial bigotry and conflict between cattle barons and newly-rich oil tycoons.
18) Show boat
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Musical extravaganza which celebrates the loves and heartbreaks of a Mississippi riverboat troupe, starting with a young girl whose heart is stolen by a dashing gambler.
19) Dinner at eight
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
A Park Avenue snob gives a dinner party for a visiting English peer. Little does she realize that her shipping magnate husband is bankrupt and that her daughter is having an affair with an older man.
20) Stage door
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
Standard version.
Language
English
Description
The film depicts the fears, setbacks and daily struggles of aspiring young performers, and, for the very few, stardom and success.
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