The Brimming Cup
1921 novel by Dorothy Canfield
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The Brimming Cup is a novel by Dorothy Canfield Fisher that was the second best-selling novel in the United States in 1921.
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| Author | Dorothy Canfield |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Harcourt, Brace & Co. |
Publication date | March 10, 1921 |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 409 |
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]