So Big The book is unusual in

The book is unusual in that the material is organized into 47 semi-independent lessonsrather than the more usual chapter-by-chapter approach

Beautiful and durable

if it cannot be arrested and reversed

fair beauty

So Big The book is unusual in"It has the completeness, and finality, that grips and exalts and convinces. . . . So Big is a masterpiece." Literary Review "A thoughtful book, clean and strong, dramatic at times, interesting always, clear sighted, sympathetic, a novel to read and to remember." New York Times "Recommended reading for our times." Washington Post In this Pulitzer Prizewinning novel, Edna Ferber recounts the transformation of a gambler's daughter into a spirited