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Edna Ferber

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Edna Ferber was an American novelist renowned for her rich imagination and profound social insight. Her works often feature female protagonists, exploring the status and roles of women in society. Her representative works include 'The Great Gatsby' and 'Anna Karenina'.

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“[Women] ... is nothin' but little girls in long skirts, and their hair done up.”

Littles Long Done Girl Women Hair Skirts Long Skirts

Book:Buttered Side Down

Source: Buttered Side Down

“I don't know what it is that makes a writer go to his desk in his shut-off room day after day after year after year unless it is the sure knowledge that not to have done the daily stint of writing that day is infinitely more agonizing than to write.”

Knows Writing Years Done Rooms Desks Agonizing

Book:A Kind of Magic

Source: A Kind of Magic

“Writing, to be memorable, must be done in a state of impassioned serenity.”

Writing States Done Memorable Serenity Impassioned

Book:A Kind of Magic

Source: A Kind of Magic

About the Author

Born: August 15, 1885
Died: April 16, 1968
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 104

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