num_pages: 158
description: Uncle Daniel Ponder, whose fortune is exceeded only by his desire to give it away, is a source of vexation for his niece, Edna Earle. Uncle Daniel’s trial for the alleged murder of his seventeen-year-old bride is a comic masterpiece. Awarded the William Dean Howells Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Drawings by Joe Krush.
language: English
title: The Ponder Heart
titlecomplete: The Ponder Heart
genres: Fiction, American, Novella, Humor, Literature, Classics, Novels, Southern, Literary Fiction, Southern Gothic
ratings_count: 1953
places: Mississippi
awards: awardedAt: -473356800000
name: William Dean Howells Medal
publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt