The Brimming Cup
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| Author | Dorothy Canfield |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Harcourt, Brace & Co. |
Publication date | March 10, 1921 |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 409 |
The Brimming Cup is a novel by Dorothy Canfield Fisher that was the second best-selling novel in the United States in 1921.
The novel was first serialized in McCall's from October 1920 through March 1921[1][2] and then published in book form on March 10, 1921.[3]
The novel was Fisher's most commercially successful novel. Its positive setting of life in small town America[4](Ashley, Vermont) was marketed as a contrast to the successful Main Street (1920) by Sinclair Lewis, which the best selling novel in the United States in 1921, just ahead of Fisher.[5][6][7]
A passage of the novel discusses unfair treatment of blacks in Georgia, and has been called "the first modern best-seller to present criticism of racial prejudice."[8]
References
- ^ The Brimming Cup, McCall's (October 1920), p. 5
- ^ The Brimming Cup, McCall's (March 1921), ends on p. 34
- ^ (7 May 1921). Advertisement, Publishers Weekly, p. 1
- ^ (28 May 1921). Novels to Take Along, Publishers Weekly, p. 1609
- ^ Madigan, Mark, ed., Seasoned Timber(introductory note to 1996 edition of this novel)
- ^ Pedersen, Nate. 1921 Bestsellers: A Conversation with Linda Aragoni, Fine Books & Collections (December 2021)
- ^ (13 August 1921). An Antidote to 'Main Street', The Literary Digest, p. 24
- ^ Stout, Janis P. Writing Politically: Dorothy Canfield and the "Wrongness of the World", Modern Fiction Studies, Vol. 60, No. 2 (Summer 2014), pp. 251-275
External links
- The Brimming Cup (1921) at Project Gutenburg
- The Brimmming Cup (1921) on Google Books