In this novel, August Hempel offers a once-wealthy Chicago woman a teaching position in New Holland in the Illinois countryside.
In this novel, August Hempel offers a once-wealthy Chicago woman a teaching position in New Holland in the Illinois countryside. There she tutors a young boy named Roelf, who later falls in love with Dallas O'Mara. Eventually the woman ends up marrying Pervus, the owner of an asparagus farm. When he dies, she takes over the business and ekes out a life for herself and her son, who goes on to become a successful yet unfulfilled architect. The odd title of this 1924 work refers to Selina's description of the size of her son, Dirk. FTP, name this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about the De Jong family, a work by Edna Ferber.
In this novel, August Hempel offers a once-wealthy Chicago woman a teaching position in New Holland in the Illinois countryside.
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