Emma McChesney and Co

by Edna Ferber

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Emma McChesney is reading a letter in her office when her partner enters, interrupting her close attention to the message. The business discussion contrasts logic as a hothouse plant with common sense as a field flower gathered through years of business experience. An argument for travelling to South America rests on the needs of the business and the claim that the task requires the staff's most experienced salesman.

Emma McChesney assumes the role of Mrs. T. A. Buck, described as leisurely, languid and elegant in contrast to an alert, capable and business-like manner. The description of the office and factory contrasts a former concentration of energy and efficiency with a distribution of that vigor which breaks its power.

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Edna Ferber

Edna Ferber (1885-1968) was an American novelist, short story writer, and playwright from Kalamazoo, Michigan. She won the Pulitzer Prize for So Big and wrote the sweeping regional novels behind Show Boat, Cimarron, and Giant. A member of the Algonquin Round Table, she chronicled ordinary American lives.

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Author: Edna Ferber
Reading time: About 3 hours
Pages: 108
Language: English
Genre: American Classics
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