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He had spent the long hours in the train in fruitless broodings on a discouraging situation, and he remembered how his bitterness had turned to exasperation when he found that the Weymore sleigh was not awaiting him. It was absurd, of course; but, though he had joked with Rainer over Mrs...
Little by little it became the scene of his real life, of his only rational activities; thither he brought the books he read, the ideas and feelings which nourished him, his judgments and his visions. Outside it, in the scene of his actual life, he moved with a growing sense of ...
The discussion about young women “losing their virtue”, and the choices then open to them is frank and vivid, even though voiced only in Wharton’s veiled allusions. Charity visits an abortionist, a woman doctor who specializes in helping women deal with their indiscretions – for a price ...
He shivered a little, remembering some of the new ideas in his scientific books, and the much-cited instance of the Kentucky cave-fish, which had ceased to develop eyes because they had no use for them. What if, when he had bidden May Welland to open hers, they could only look out ...
Edith Wharton's "The House of Mirth" (1905) is a sharp and satirical, but also sensitive and tragic analysis of a young, single woman trying to find her place in a materialistic and unforgiving society. "The House of Mirth" offers a fascinating insight into the culture of the time and,...
Explore Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence. Learn about the author, read The Age of Innocence's summary, review its characters, and find the...
This etext was produced by Charles Aldarondo (Aldarondo@yahoo.com). THE HERMIT AND THE WILD WOMAN AND OTHER STORIES BY EDITH WHARTON NEW YORK MCMVIII TABLE OF CONTENTS I _The Hermit and the Wild Woman_ II _The Last Asset_ III _In Trust_ IV _The Pretext_
Reading Wharton’s two nonfiction texts about France together provides the possibility of comparing a pre-war travelogue to a war report on French cul
She herself had no fears of it, and the books scattered about her drawing-room (a part of the house in which books were usually supposed to be "out of place"), though chiefly works of fiction, had whetted Archer's interest with such new names as those of Paul Bourget, Huysmans, and...