Jul
18
2009
THE ELDEST
Posted by trompyx in Story, tags: Born Girl, Characterization, Chicago Illinois, Drudge, Dunlap, Edna Ferber, Elbow, Georgia Cracker, Gravies, Grosset, Mantel, Monotony, No Doubt, Plantation Days, Self Defence, Smoke Ring, Soups And Stews, Treadmill, Unwed Woman, Wenchby: Edna Ferber (1885-1968)
The following story is reprinted from Cheerful By Request. Edna Ferber. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1922.
The Self-Complacent Young Cub leaned an elbow against the mantel as you’ve seen it done in English plays, and blew a practically perfect smoke-ring. It hurtled toward me like a discus.
“Trouble with your stuff,” he began at once (we had just been introduced), “is that it lacks plot. Been meaning to meet and tell you that for a long time. Your characterization’s all right, and your dialogue. In fact, I think they’re good. But your stuff lacks raison d’
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