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Fanny Herself
Edna Ferber
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Fanny Herself is the story of Fanny Brandeis, a sensitive, young Jewish girl coming of age in the Midwest at the turn of the 20th century. It is generally considered to have been based on Ferber’s own experiences growing up in Appleton, Wisconsin. Fanny’s inner struggle between her compassionate, artistic side and her desire for financial independence as a successful young businesswoman is the recurring theme of the novel. Ferber’s engaging style of writing will quickly draw you into her story. Regarded by many to be the “greatest American woman novelist of her day,”
Fanny Herself is the story of Fanny Brandeis, a sensitive, young Jewish girl coming of age in the Midwest at the turn of the 20th century. It is generally considered to have been based on Ferber’s own experiences growing up in Appleton, Wisconsin. Fanny’s inner struggle between her compassionate, artistic side and her desire for financial independence as a successful young businesswoman is the recurring theme of the novel. Ferber’s engaging style of writing will quickly draw you into her story. Regarded by many to be the “greatest American woman novelist of her day,”
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"This is my little girl, Fanny."
He looked down at the rough sketch again, with its clean-cut satire, and up again at the little girl in the school coat and the faded red tam o' shanter, who was looking at him shyly, and defiantly, and provokingly, all at once.
"Your little girl Fanny, h'm? The one who is to give up everything that the boy Theodore may become a great violinist." He bent again over the crude, effective cartoon, then put a forefinger gently under the child's chin and tipped her glowing face up to the light. "I am not so sure now that it will work. As for its being fair! Why, no! No!"
Fanny waited for her mother that evening, and they walked home together. Their step and swing were very much alike, now that Fanny's legs were growing longer. She was at the backfisch age.
"What did he mean, Mother, when he said that about Theodor. . . Read More
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One of the Great Novels of American Business
Edna Ferber's classic novel "Fanny Herself" is many things. It is a "semi-autobiographical" novel about a young girl growing up in Appleton Wisconsin in the late Nineteenth and early Twentieth Century. It is loosely based on episodes from her own life, and
“To thine own self be true” a quote from Shakespeare’s Hamlet can best describe the gist of this book. Fanny Herself by Edna Ferber (1887-1968) is a surprisingly engrossing and interesting narrative about a young Jewish girl growing up in a small Wisconsin town. The story was first published in 1917
I love Edna Ferber's work because she offers such a detailed look at her characters, and also succeeds in capturing a moment in time, place and history. The ending took quite a leap, for me (although the romantic in me secretly loved it) but overall I really enjoyed the book. Also read So Big...prob
It's hard to rate this one. It's an early feminist novel in which the main character is also one of the few Jewish people in her small town in Wisconsin. It is certainly a novel of it's time - 1917. The main character, Fanny, has a very successful business career, but a difficult personal life. It's
I loved it! So timeless and wonderful and charming! It was modern and nostalgic, all at the same time. I can't believe I haven't heard of her before.
I loved it! So timeless and wonderful and charming. It was modern and nostalgic, all at the same time. I can 't believe I haven't heard of her before.