Edith Wharton. - Libros y biografía

The Old Maid, Originally serialized in The Red Book Magazine in 1922, The Old Maid is an examination of class and society as only Edith Wharton could undertake. The story follows the life of Tina, a young...

The Children by Edith Wharton is a novel that explores complex social and moral themes within the context of a post-World War I Europe. The story is centered around Martin Boyne, a middle-aged engineer,...

In Edith Wharton's 'The Last Asset,' the reader is transported into the high society of New York in the early 20th century, where appearances and social status rule the day. Through beautifully crafted...

"French Ways and Their Meaning" by Edith Wharton. Published by e-artnow. e-artnow publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction...

Set in turn-of-the-century New York, Edith Wharton's classic novel The Age of Innocence reveals a society governed by the dictates of taste and form, manners and morals, and intricate social ceremonies....

Summer is a novel by Edith Wharton, which was published in 1917 by Charles Scribner's Sons. While most novels by Edith Wharton dealt with New York's upper-class society, this is one of two novels by Wharton...

Un misterioso gentiluomo narra la storia della signora Amyot, una bellissima vedova che inizia a tenere conferenze sull’arte greca per mantenere se stessa e il figlio di appena sei mesi. La signora Amyot,...

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Featuring 15 Unique Illustrations Includes Summary, Characters List, and Author Biography "Ethan Frome" by the illustrious Edith Wharton is a profound and compelling narrative that dances between...

 Illustrated Edition: Dive into the world of "Twilight Sleep" with 20 exquisite illustrations bringing the Jazz Age to life.  Detailed Summary: Get a concise overview of the novel's captivating storyline....

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Edith Wharton, nasceu Edith Newbold Jones na cidade de Nova York, em 1862.De família rica, era fluente em francês, alemão e italiano, educação recebida de tutores particulares e aprimorada em viagens...

À Nice, au début du XXe siècle, Kate Clephane lutte pour sa survie sociale. Issue de la haute société new-yorkaise, elle vit aujourd’hui parmi les parias : tous ceux qui, comme elle, ont failli aux yeux...

En Italie, à la fin du XVIIIe siècle, le jeune Odon Valsecca, héritier présomptif du duc de Pianura, grandit dans une ferme. À la mort de son père, on l’envoie suivre à Turin l’éducation d’un aristocrate...

Edith Wharton's "Madame de Treymes" is a remarkable example of the form. It is the story of the tactical defeat but moral victory of an honest and upstanding American in his struggle to win a wife from...

The Age of Innocence won the 1921 Pulitzer Prize. The story is set in upper class New York City in the 1870s. The Age of Innocence centers on an upper class couple's impending marriage, and the introduction...

Like most Wharton novels, The House of Mirth examines the conflict between rigid social expectation and personal desire. Lily Bart is adept at playing society's games, which expect her to achieve an advantageous...

Like most Wharton novels, The House of Mirth examines the conflict between rigid social expectation and personal desire. Lily Bart is adept at playing society's games, which expect her to achieve an advantageous...

Tragic story of wasted lives, set against a bleak New England background. A poverty-stricken New England farmer, his ailing wife and a youthful housekeeper are drawn relentlessly into a deep-rooted domestic...

“We can't behave like people in novels, though, can we?” —Edith Wharton, The Age of InnocenceIn a society where people “dreaded scandal more than disease,” passion was a force of ruin. Winner of the 1921...

A side from her Pulitzer Prize-winning talent as a novel writer, Edith Wharton also distinguished herself as a short story writer, publishing more than seventy-two stories in ten volumes during her lifetime....

A rare work of nonfiction from Edith Wharton, The Writing of Fiction contains timeless advice on writing and reading well from the first woman ever to win a Pulitzer Prize—now with a new introduction...

In 'Old New York' by Edith Wharton, readers are transported back to the Gilded Age of New York City through a collection of four novellas detailing the lives of the elite social circles. Wharton's meticulous...

‘Bunner Sisters’ explores the lives of the impoverished class in 1870s New York. Sisters Ann Eliza and Evelina run a small shop out of a shabby basement on a side street. Despite their misfortunes, they...

The Custom of the Country (1913) is a scathing critique of American upward mobility, as told through the journey of overindulged Undine Spragg. She moves from Apex City to New York and then Paris in pursuit...

"I tell you there's nothing the public likes as much as convictions – they'll always follow a man who believes in his own ideas. And this book is just on the line of popular interest." Professor Linyard...

Please note: This audiobook has been created using AI voice. Ethan Frome is a young man whose nascent ambitions were thwarted by illness and privation. Now his daily toils wring only the most meager...

"You won't know till afterward. You won't know till long, long afterward." When Ned and Mary Boyne hear that their new house is haunted, they laugh it off and joke that every good house in the countryside...

Le village de North Dormer, en Nouvelle Angleterre, abrite une communauté puritaine et étriquée au sein de laquelle la belle Charity vit et, surtout, s'ennuie. Adoptée enfant par le notable du village,...

Trois récits, parmi lesquels Beatrice Palmato, un fragment érotique inédit retrouvé en 2001. A sa lumière, les deux nouvelles qui complètent ce recueil, L'ermite et la sauvageonne et Le prétexte, révèlent...