Books : Wharton: Four Novels (Library of America College Editions)
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by: Edith Wharton
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.52
EAN: 9781883011376
ISBN: 188301137X
Label: Library of America
Manufacturer: Library of America
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 1168
Publication Date: October 01, 1996
Publisher: Library of America
Sales Rank: 523964
Studio: Library of America
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America and Europe of the 1800s were stiff, gilded, formal place, full of "old" families, rigid customs and social transgressions.
And nobody chronicled them better than Edith Wharton, who spun exquisitely barbed novels out of the social clashes of the late nineteenth century. This collection brings together four of her best books, exploring the nature of infidelity, passion, social-climbing and a woman's place in an unfriendly world.
"Age of Innocence" is a pretty ironic ... Read More
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