Saratoga Trunk
A Novel

Set in late 1800's, Saratoga Trunk is one of Edna Ferber's later novels that was turned into a movie (starring Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman). Basically a story of Clio Dulaine who was a disadvantaged (by birth - illegitimate) girl who was, of course, beautiful, but obsessed her whole life with the......more

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Edna Ferber is a hidden literary gem. If you were born in the 70's or after, you'd probably never heard of her growing up. I happened upon her by chance: My mother and I were flipping through TV channels and she stopped on a scene from "Giant." I'm more of......more

Old-fashioned easy-reading fun. Delicious descriptions of eating in New Orleans, and the robber-baron era in the Northern U.S. It's funny now to think of Saratoga, NY as the home to money, scandal, and fashion, but before there was air-conditioning, things worked a lot differently. A basic romance,......more

I actually came across a first edition of this novel in a thrift store, and had not read Edna Ferber, so thought it was a good opportunity to do so. The book was a pleasant read, set primarily in both New Orleans and Saratoga, New York. It was interesting to read about the upper class lifestyle arou......more

I am rereading this for the umpteenth time, having begun when I was in high school and periodically revisiting it since. I found myself craving something with rich descriptions, exotic locations, complex characters, and interesting plots. And my eye fell upon this on the bookshelf. So here I go again,......more