Forfatter fødeår: 1862-1937
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.
Edith Wharton's subtle variation on the theme of the eternal triangle features Anna Leath, a rich American widow living in France; and the first love of Anna's youth, George Darrow, who has... Læs mere
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.
A pocket hardback edition of Edith Wharton's classic novel of New York society and its reliance on wealth and status.
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
The return of the beautiful Countess Olenska into the conventional society of New York sends reverberations throughout the upper reaches of society. Newland Archer, an eligible... Læs mere
Ethan Frome works his unproductive farm and struggles to maintain a bearable existence with his difficult, suspicious and hypochondriac wife, Zeena. But when Zeena's vivacious cousin enters... Læs mere