Personality Plus (Illustrated Edition)

Blurb

Edna Ferber was a Pulitzer award-winning author who was considered as the most skilled and overall best female authors of the 1920s and '30s. Her highly enjoyable, witty style and intricate plots always manage to hook readers into her stories with ease and elegance. She was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her outstanding work, So Big, while also writing many other notable novels, such as Show Boat and Cimarron.Personality Plus is the second volume in a series of three depicting the travels and various events in the life of Emma McChesney - a very intelligent, elegant mother who learns all she needs to know in order to become a successful businesswoman. Emma Faber penned this novel before her years of resounding success, yet it still became quite well-known both in the world of literature and in show business. Written and published in 1914, the story was also transformed into a play and a silent movie just a year after the Faber's novel became to the public, leading to instant success.The book tells the story of Emma McChesney, who has to share an apartment with her 21-year old son Jock. After being on the road as the sales representative of a company selling stylish skirts and petticoats, she understandably feels trapped, yet aspires towards higher success as the new business partner of T.A. Buck, Jr. But will she really be able to reach the kinds of results she sets her eyes on despite all the changes and challenges involved? And what of her relations with her son who aims for an upstanding job in the promising world of advertising?These and many other questions you may have will be resolved entirely - and not without a decent dose of unexpected and surprising developments - as soon as you read Faber's exceptional book. With funny situations, complex, fascinating characters and the most outstanding dialogues in store, there will not even be a dull moment in sight!