Exercise 1: Fill in the missing prepositions.
Edna Ferber was a popular American novelist _______ the first half _____ the twentieth century. She embarked ______ her career ______ working as a newspaper reporter _____ Wisconsin and soon began writing novels. Her first novel, Dawn O’Hara, the Girl Who Lauhed, was published ______ 1911, when she was only twenty-four years old.
Her big break came ______ the novel So Big, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize _______ Literature. The Main conflict ______ the novel is between a mother who places a high value ______ hard work and honor and a son who repudiates his mother’s values, instead preferring the easier path _______ fortune and celebrity. Like many ______ Ferber’s novels, this novel features a tenacious female protagonist w_______ strong character who struggles to deal _______ ethical dilemmas ________ the importance _____ status and money.
Probably the best known _______ Ferber’s novels was Show Boat, which tells the stroy _______ a Southern woman married _______ a charismatic but irresponsible man who leaves her ______ a daugther she must take great pains to support. In 1927, the novel was made _______ a musical that has endured _______ the present.
Other well-known novels ________ Feber inculde Cimarron and Giant, both ______ which were made ______ movies. These were epic novels ________ the settlement and growth ______ the West, centering _____ strong female lead characters who marry men lacking the same strength ______ character.
Exercise 2: Fill in missing words.
Edna Ferber was a popular American novelist in the first half of the twentieth century. She начала / a embarqué on her career by working as a newspaper reporter in Wisconsin and soon began writing novels. Her first novel, Dawn O’Hara, the Girl Who Lauhed, was published in 1911, when she was only twenty-four years old.
Her big профессиональный прорыв / opportunité came with the novel So Big, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Literature. The Main conflict in the novel is between a mother who ценит / accorde une grande valeur on hard work and honor and a son who отвергает / répudie his mother’s values, instead preferring the easier path to fortune and celebrity. Like many of Ferber’s novels, this novel features a tenacious главная героиня / protagoniste fémininе with strong character who struggles to deal with ethical dilemmas about the importance of status and money.
Probably the best known of Ferber’s novels was Show Boat, which tells the stroy of a Southern woman married to a charismatic but irresponsible man who leaves her with a daugther she must сильно стараться/ se donner beaucoup de mal to support. In 1927, the novel was made into a musical that has endured продолжился / qui perdure to the present.
Other well-known novels by Feber inculde Cimarron and Giant, both of which were made into movies. These were длинное (повествование) / long (récit) novels about the settlement and growth of the West, сосредоточенные / centré on strong female lead characters who marry men lacking the same strength of character.