Project Gutenberg 2004-07-01 Public domain in the USA. 222 Ferber, Edna 1885 1968 Roast Beef, Medium: The Business Adventures of Emma McChesney Roast beef, medium -- Representing T. A. Buck -- Chickens -- His mother's son -- Pink tights and ginghams -- Simply skirts -- Underneath the high-cut vest -- Catching up with Christmas -- Knee-deep in knickers -- In the absence of the agent. Text file produced by Carel Lyn Miske, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team HTML file produced by David Widger "Roast Beef, Medium: The Business Adventures of Emma McChesney" by Edna Ferber is a novel written during the early 20th century. The story revolves around Emma McChesney, a strong and independent traveling saleswoman for T. A. Buck's Featherloom Petticoats, who navigates the challenges of her profession with wit and tenacity while also reflecting on her personal life and maternal instincts. At the start of the book, we are introduced to Emma as she enjoys a solitary dinner in a small-town hotel, contemplating her work and the competitive nature of the retail industry. She reflects on her experiences as a traveling saleswoman, highlighted by her encounter with a handsome, young man, who is new to the business. The interaction leads Emma to impart some hard-earned wisdom about the realities of their jobs, while also wrestling with her reminiscences of home and motherhood. This opening sets the stage for a mix of humor and serious introspection as Emma balances her professional ambitions with her role as a mother to her teenage son, Jock. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 83.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Mothers and sons -- Fiction McChesney, Emma (Fictitious character) -- Fiction Traveling sales personnel -- Fiction Women sales personnel -- Fiction Businesswomen -- Fiction Adventure stories, American PS Text Category: Humour Category: Novels Category: American Literature 343584 2025-07-03T06:07:22.049519 text/html 354910 2021-01-28T09:40:18 text/html 220870 2025-07-03T06:07:29.805980 application/epub+zip 225326 2025-07-03T06:07:25.617453 application/epub+zip 192928 2025-07-03T06:07:24.318520 application/epub+zip 509159 2025-07-03T06:07:32.848938 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 488060 2025-07-03T06:07:28.982971 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 321183 2022-09-03T09:48:12.541120 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 294272 2025-07-03T06:07:21.369528 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 293934 2018-03-15T08:44:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 289463 2013-07-03T07:52:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 22172 2025-07-03T06:07:32.973926 application/rdf+xml 25950 2025-07-03T06:07:24.818471 image/jpeg 4964 2025-07-03T06:07:24.566486 image/jpeg 114286 2018-03-16T14:21:08 application/octet-stream application/zip 120391 2021-01-28T09:40:18 application/octet-stream application/zip 113777 2013-07-03T07:52:30 application/octet-stream application/zip 219568 2025-07-03T06:07:22.074502 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia