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Show Boat

Edna Ferber

Maison d'édition: Wildside Press

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Synopsis

The classic novel of rivergoing performers, first published in 1926, is Edna Ferber's most famous work. It chronicles the lives of three generations on the Cotton Blossom, a floating theater on a steamboat that travels the Mississippi River visiting small towns. The story takes place from the Reconstruction Era of the 1880s to the Roaring ’20s.
Disponible depuis: 25/08/2022.
Longueur d'impression: 208 pages.

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