Edith Wharton(1862-1937) was born and raised in the repressed, strict high society of New York in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, which serves as a central figure of much of her writing. Privately educated at home and in Europe, Wharton began writing at a very early age...
BOOKS RECEIVEDThe article lists several books related to education including "The Age of Innocence," by Edith Wharton, "A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis," by Sigmund Freund and "The Forerunner, His Parables and Poems," by Kahlil Gibran.doi:10.1111/j.1468-0114.1920.tb04170.xPersonalist...
Over the years, Edith Wharton has become one of my favourite authors. She writes precisely and perceptively about the cruelties embedded within the upper echelons of American society in the early 20th century. For instance, tensions exist between restraint and passion, just as they do between re...
(伊迪丝·华顿)EDITH WHARTON. By Hermione Lee. (Knopf, $35.) 这部传记诚惶诚恐地描写了华顿作为设计师、装修家、园艺师和旅行家兼作家的生活。 万物之父:海军和他儿子、以及越南的遗产(THE FATHER OF ALL THINGS: A Marine, His Son, and the Legacy of Vietnam). By Tom Bissell. (Pantheon, $25....
Glimpses of the Moon), 6 collections of stories (Crucial Instances, The Greater Inclination, Tales of Men and Ghosts, The Hermit and the Wild Woman, The Descent of Man, and Eleven Stories by Edith Wharton), a book of verse (Artemis to Actaeon), and two non-fiction books (Fighting France...
By: Edith Wharton (1862-1937) "Fighting France, from Dunkerque to Belfort" by Edith Wharton is a powerful and moving account of France during World War I. Wharton's firsthand experiences living in France during the war give an intimate and personal perspective on the struggles and triumphs ...
Charles DickensDavid Copperfield1352 René DescartesDiscourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One's Reason and of Seeking Truth in the Sciences63 Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraDon Quixote1321 Bram StokerDracula540 Jane AustenEmma561 Edith WhartonEthan Frome135 ...
Afterward By:Edith Wharton(1862-1937) A short story classified under the American Gothic genre, the piece depicts an eerie set of events following the distressing occurrences within the Boyne household, as their dream relocation takes a drastic turn. Wharton cleverly weaves together Gothic themes ...
The Age of Innocenceby Edith Wharton Wharton’s classic appears as an audiobook on Spotify, as doThe House of MirthandSummer. The Mysterious Affair at Stylesby Agatha Christie I am a massive fan of Agatha Christie; I own around ten of her books. I just love the classic mystery format, ...
Edith Wharton’s novel, published in 1920, was the first by a woman to win the Pulitzer Prize. Her 12th novel, The Age of Innocence was originally serialized and is one of her three novels of New York (The House of Mirth and The Custom of the Country are the other two). It’s New...