Edith Wharton Forfatter
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The House of Mirth (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
The heroine of this novel is Lily Bart, whose goal is to secure a rich husband who can sustain her lifestyle. She operates in a world where social position is important, but money can buy it. Lily is redeemed by her clear view of the corrupt society which is her gilded cage.
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The Custom of the Country (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Edith Wharton's satiric anatomy of American society in the first decade of the twentieth century both appalled and fascinated its first reviewers. It follows the career of... Læs mere
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The Age of Innocence (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Widely regarded as one of Edith Wharton's greatest achievements, The Age of Innocence is not only subtly satirical, but also a sometimes dark and disturbing comedy of manners in its exploration of the 'eternal triangle' of love.
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The House of Mirth (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Lily Bart lives among the nouveaux riches of New York City. In this aesthetically bankrupt world, Lily, seeks a husband who can satisfy her cravings for endless admiration and wealth.... Læs mere
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The Touchstone: Annotated Edition (Alma Classics 101 Pages) (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
The first of Edith Wharton's works depicting life in "old New York", The Touchstone is an acutely observed novella , and an exploration of the tension between self-serving opportunism and the desire to live a moral life."
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The Age of Innocence: A Norton Critical Edition (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
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.
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Ethan Frome, Summer, Bunner Sisters (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
These brilliantly wrought, tragic novellas explore the repressed emotions and destructive passions of working-cass people far removed from the social milieu usually inhabited by Edith Wharton's characters. Ethan Frome is one of Wharton's most famous works;
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