Edith Wharton, comparing fiction writing - to another subject, moneyWharton's comment - born of hard-won experience, not inherited prejudices as in her memoir A Backward GlanceStories as “The Valley of Childish Things” and “The Fullness of Life” - part of 1890s vogue for ironic fables...
The Selected Short Stories of Edith Wharton A collection of twenty-one of Edith Wharton's best short stories includes "A Journey," "The Descent of Man," "Mr. Jones," and "All Souls"
Edith WhartonEdith Wharton was an American novelist, poet and short story writer whose works display her mastery over the realistic fiction genre. Although she grew up in a world of refined manners and fashionable people, she was also aware of its superficiality, a theme that frequently appeared...
by Edith Wharton (1862-1937) Approximate Word Count: 10669 I Their railway carriage had been full when the train left Bologna; but at the first station beyond Milan their only remaining companion a courtly person who ate garlic out of a carpetbag had left his crumb-strewn seat with a ...
tomb.”OLD NEW YORKrevives those “insignificant” traditions and incidents to paint vivid, humorously biting, and surprisingly touching sociological portraits of the world that raised Edith Wharton. But those SOMETHINGS of daily life are not the only thing that Wharton resurrects in these stories....
Edith Wharton (1862-1937), throughout the 75 years’ of her life, devoted nearly 50 years to her career as a professional writer. Under her name go more than 44 books——14 novels plus the unfinished The Buccaneers (1938), 10 novellas, 11 collections of short stories, 9 non-fiction boo...
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What's better than a ghost story? A ghost story with a social commentary! In this lesson, you'll learn more about Edith Wharton's short story, Kerfol, and what it says about gender roles of Wharton's day. Ghost Stories You can't exactly tell from the title, but what you get with...
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 including...
Edith Wharton (1862-1937), throughout the 75 years’ of her life, devoted nearly 50 years to her career as a professional writer. Under her name go more than 44 books——14 novels plus the unfinished The Buccaneers (1938), 10 novellas, 11 collections of short stories, 9 non-fiction boo...