Project Gutenberg 2020-03-27 Public domain in the USA. 240 Ferber, Edna 1885 1968 So Big Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So_Big_(novel) Produced by Alex White and the online Distributed Proofreaders Canada team at https://www.pgdpcanada.net "So Big" by Edna Ferber is a novel written in the early 20th century." The story follows Selina DeJong, a young woman navigating life on a truck farm in Illinois after a tumultuous upbringing with her gambler father. As she balances her aspirations and the struggles of rural life, her character evolves against the backdrop of a predominantly Dutch immigrant community. "The opening of "So Big" introduces us to Selina DeJong's childhood and family background." Born to a tumultuous life with an absent mother and a gambling father, Selina bears the nickname "So Big," a term of endearment from her mother that she fought to escape. The narrative reveals her early life spent in Chicago and the various cities her father took them to, culminating in her eventual move to High Prairie. Here, she becomes a schoolteacher amidst Dutch farmers and struggles with the stark contrast between her dreams and her new reality, highlighting themes of ambition and the quest for personal identity. The emotions of her upbringing and her complexities as a woman in a challenging environment set the stage for her transformative journey throughout the novel. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 83.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Domestic fiction Fathers and daughters -- Fiction Bildungsromans Chicago (Ill.) -- Fiction Gamblers -- Family relationships -- Fiction PS Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature 610537 2025-07-24T11:55:45.127208 text/html 591084 2024-10-17T17:05:43 text/html 498236 2025-07-24T11:55:52.245178 application/epub+zip 509977 2025-07-24T11:55:46.564165 application/epub+zip 358488 2025-07-24T11:55:45.849209 application/epub+zip 696666 2025-07-24T11:55:56.910124 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 663162 2025-07-24T11:55:51.692184 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 643965 2022-09-27T21:23:59.667222 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 560028 2025-07-24T11:55:44.133217 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 540336 2024-10-17T17:05:43 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17143 2025-07-24T11:55:57.046113 application/rdf+xml 11686 2025-07-24T11:55:46.078182 image/jpeg 2170 2025-07-24T11:55:45.967167 image/jpeg 496440 2025-07-24T11:55:45.181169 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