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''The Brimming Cup'' is a novel by
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Dorothy Canfield Fisher (February 17, 1879 – November 9, 1958) was an educational reformer, social activist, and best-selling American author in the early 20th century. She strongly supported women's rights, racial equality, and lifelong educat ...
that was the second best-selling novel in the United States in 1921. The novel was first serialized in ''
McCall's ''McCall's'' was a monthly American women's magazine, published by the McCall Corporation, that enjoyed great popularity through much of the 20th century, peaking at a readership of 8.4 million in the early 1960s. It was established as a small-f ...
'' from October 1920 through March 1921The Brimming Cup
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McCall's ''McCall's'' was a monthly American women's magazine, published by the McCall Corporation, that enjoyed great popularity through much of the 20th century, peaking at a readership of 8.4 million in the early 1960s. It was established as a small-f ...
'' (October 1920), p. 5The Brimming Cup
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McCall's ''McCall's'' was a monthly American women's magazine, published by the McCall Corporation, that enjoyed great popularity through much of the 20th century, peaking at a readership of 8.4 million in the early 1960s. It was established as a small-f ...
'' (March 1921), ends on p. 34 and then published in book form on March 10, 1921.(7 May 1921)
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Publishers Weekly ''Publishers Weekly'' (''PW'') is an American weekly trade news magazine targeted at publishers, librarians, booksellers, and literary agents. Published continuously since 1872, it has carried the tagline, "The International News Magazine of ...
'', p. 1 The novel was Fisher's most commercially successful novel. Its positive setting of life in small town America(28 May 1921)
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Publishers Weekly ''Publishers Weekly'' (''PW'') is an American weekly trade news magazine targeted at publishers, librarians, booksellers, and literary agents. Published continuously since 1872, it has carried the tagline, "The International News Magazine of ...
'', p. 1609(Ashley, Vermont) was marketed as a contrast to the successful '' Main Street'' (1920) by
Sinclair Lewis Harry Sinclair Lewis (February 7, 1885 – January 10, 1951) was an American writer and playwright. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States (and the first from the Americas) to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, which was ...
, which the best selling novel in the United States in 1921, just ahead of Fisher.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'
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The Literary Digest ''The Literary Digest'' was an influential American general interest weekly magazine published by Funk & Wagnalls. Founded by Isaac Kaufmann Funk in 1890, it eventually merged with two similar weekly magazines, ''Public Opinion'' and '' Current O ...
'', p. 24 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."Stout, Janis P
Writing Politically: Dorothy Canfield and the "Wrongness of the World"
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Modern Fiction Studies ''Modern Fiction Studies'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal established in 1955 at Purdue University's Department of English, where it is still edited. It publishes general and themed issues on the topic of modernist and contemporary fiction ...
'', Vol. 60, No. 2 (Summer 2014), pp. 251-275


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The Brimming Cup
(1921) at Project Gutenburg
The Brimmming Cup
(1921) on Google Books {{DEFAULTSORT:Brimming Cup, The 1921 novels