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The Ponder Heart is a novella written by Eudora Welty and illustrated by Joe Krush, originally published in The New Yorker in 1953, and republished by Harcourt Brace in 1954. The plot of The Ponder Heart follows Daniel Ponder, a wealthy heir, and is told through the narration of Edna Earle Ponder, Daniel's niece.
- Eudora Welty
- 1953
Synopsis. An adaptation of the 1954 novel by Eudora Welty about Uncle Daniel Ponder, a wealthy man in Clay, Mississippi, in 1939, whose generosity upsets his niece, Edna Earle. Uncle Daniel marries Bonnie Dee Peacock, a young girl from the country who becomes the object of his gift giving, but soon, she disappears.
- Martha Coolidge
- Loren Farmer
The Ponder Heart, comic novella by Eudora Welty, published in 1954. Cast as a monologue, it is rich with colloquial speech and descriptive imagery. The narrator of the story is Miss Edna Earle Ponder, one of the last living members of a once-prominent family, who manages the Beulah Hotel in Clay,
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
A novel by Eudora Welty about Daniel Ponder, a rich but naive man who marries and divorces several women and is accused of murdering his last wife. His niece Edna narrates the story and reveals the themes of personal difference, truth, and money in the novel.
Oct 15, 2001 · The Ponder Heart: Directed by Martha Coolidge. With Peter MacNicol, JoBeth Williams, Angela Bettis, Boyce Holleman. Uncle Daniel Ponder moves to give away his fortune, while his niece, Edna Earle, tries to tighten the reins on Daniel's generosity.
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- Drama
- Martha Coolidge
- 2001-10-15
In The Ponder Heart (1953), narrator Edna Earle Ponder, proprietress of the little-frequented Beulah Hotel in Clay, Mississippi, tells one of her guests (who is there because the car broke down) the story of her wealthy Uncle Daniel—a sweet simple man, but rather “slow”—and how the Ponders tried to keep him from giving all his money away through two marriages, periodic commitments to ...
Released October 15th, 2001, 'The Ponder Heart' stars Angela Bettis, JoBeth Williams, Jennifer Lewis, Victor Slezak The PG13 movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 31 min, and received a user score of ...
