Buttered Side Down - An Edna Ferber Short Story Collection;With an Introduction by Rogers Dickinson

By Edna Ferber

Book Overview

A seminal short story collection containing 12 humorous and dark tales from the prominent Jazz Age author, Edna Ferber.

This 1912 volume highlights Edna Ferber's famous wit as well as her masterful control over tragedy. The 12 stories featured in this collection reflect early twentieth-century moral values in America, and demonstrate everyday life in the 1910s. Often armed with a strong, female protagonist, Ferber writes realistic characters and fascinating tales.

This volume features the following short stories:

- 'The Frog and the Puddle' - 'The Man Who Came Back' - 'What She Wore' - 'A Bush League Hero' - 'The Kitchen Side of the Door' - 'One of the Old Girls' - 'Maymeys From Cuba' - 'The Leading Lady' - 'That Home-Town Feeling' - 'The Homely Heroine' - 'Sun Dried' - 'Where the Car Turns at 18th'

Now in a brand new edition, this volume has been republished by Read & Co. Classics, complete with an introduction by Rogers Dickinson. Buttered Side Down would make a great addition to the bookshelf of Edna Ferber fans and lovers of short stories.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1528720342
• ISBN13: 9781528720342
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Read & Co. Classics
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Early Ferber Works a Delight

This slim volume of Edna Ferber's first major compilation of short stories is full of some delightful short stories. Published in 1912, they reveal an American past that has changed in many aspects yet in terms of human relations, some things are timeless. Her insertion of herself as the writer, the strong women's characters, the contrast between the city (Chicago, New York) and the country (Michigan & Illinois for example) and her ironic yet positive twists in her stories make for enjoyable reading almost 100 years later. Wit and pathos mix nicely. My only complaint about this Walking Lion Press version is that two of the stories are edited together - presumably by mistake - in the middle of the book. I believe other editions (mostly print-to-order) have rectified that problem however.