Forfatter fødeår: 1862-1937
The text of Wharton’s richly allusive Pulitzer Prize–winning 1921 novelof desire and its implications in Old New York has been rigorouslyannotated by a prominent Wharton scholar.
Charity Royall yearns to escape her dull existence in the New England backwater where she lives with her guardian. When her sexual nature is awakened, darker undercurrents in the community... Læs mere
An extraordinarily well-observed dissection of New York's high society in the 1870s - the world Edith Wharton grew up in - The Age of Innocence shines a critical light on the social mores and values of the old order." Here presented with extra material and annotations.
Nineteen year old Lily Bart is in need of a rich husband to safeguard her place in the social elite. Unwilling to marry without both love and money, Lily becomes vulnerable to gossip.
This Norton Critical Edition of Edith Wharton's celebrated novella isbased on the first edition, published by Charles Scribner's Sons in1911.
Lily Bart, beautiful and charming, living among the wealthy families of New York but reluctant to finally commit herself to a husband. In her search for freedom and the happiness she feels she deserves, Lily is ultimately ruined by scandal.
Set against the bleak winter landscape of New England, Ethan Frome tells the story of a poor farmer, lonely and downtrodden, his wife Zenia, and her cousin, the enchanting Mattie Silver.... Læs mere
Word count 24,820 CD: American English