Come_and_Get_It_(novel)

<i>Come and Get It</i> (novel)

Come and Get It (novel)

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Come and Get It is a 1935 novel by American author Edna Ferber. A film version with the same title was produced in 1936.

First edition cover
(Doubleday, Doran)

Plot summary

An ambitious lumberjack abandons his saloon girl lover so that he can marry into wealth, but years later becomes infatuated with the woman's daughter.

Reception

Come and Get It, a New York Times bestseller,[1] was favorably reviewed in Kirkus Reviews.[2]

Film adaptation

The 1936 film adaptation, produced by Samuel Goldwyn, received two Academy Award nominations for Best Film Editing and Best Supporting Actor (Walter Brennan). Brennan won the latter award, becoming the first winner of that category.

References

  1. [1]
    "Adult New York Times Best Seller Lists for 1935". www.hawes.com. Retrieved 2022-08-02.
  2. [2]
    "Book Reviews, Sites, Romance, Fantasy, Fiction". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2022-08-02.
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