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The Ponder Heart is the story of a man who has such a large heart he is willing to help anyone and give away anything he has without thought to what is in it for him. He is a rare man who only wants to make others happy. Daniel Ponder is viewed as being more of a child than an adult even at his advanced age.
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Plot Summary. The Ponder Heart (1967), a novel by American author Eudora Welty, follows Daniel Ponder who is publicly accused of murdering his wife. The story is narrated by Daniel’s niece, Edna Earle Ponder, who addresses readers personally as if they were visiting the hotel she runs in town. Like Welty’s other works, the novel focuses on ...
Edna Earle tells this story of the Ponder heart to prepare her listener, a traveling salesman guest in her hotel, for the change in Uncle Daniel since the salesman had last seen him.
The book "The Ponder Heart" by Eudora Welty tells the story of kind-hearted Daniel Ponder who is accused of murder by the family of his deceased wife. The story is told by Daniel's niece, Edna Earle Ponder, who runs the Beulah Hotel in the small town of Clay.
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. In 1956, the story was made into a Broadway play by Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov. Una Merkel won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her portrayal of Edna Earle Ponder in ...
- Eudora Welty
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- 1953
- December 5, 1953; 1954
The Ponder Heart is a comical story, portraying the conflicts between the socially established (and hence "elite") in a small southern town and the less elite from a nearby town.
