Klappentext
Born into wealth and aristocracy, Edith Wharton (1862?1937) was a member as well as an observer of fashionable New York society. Aspirations to authorship consigned her to outsider status among the idle rich; nevertheless, she drew upon her privileged social position to create witty and psychologically insightful novels and short stories about people from all walks of life.
This well-rounded introduction to Wharton's works features the complete text of her Pulitzer Prize?winning novel, The Age of Innocence, as well as her haunting novella, Ethan Frome. Several excerpts from her highly influential guide to interior design, The Decoration of Houses, offer samples of Wharton's nonfiction style. The collection also includes four short stories as well as several poems.
Dover (2015) original publication.
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Inhalt
ii. Nonfiction - Excerpts from The Decoration of Houses
* Introduction
* The Historical Tradition
* Rooms in General
* Doors
* The Drawing Room, Boudoir, and Morning Room
* Bric a Brac
iii. Short Stories
* Xingu
* The Other Two
* The Lady's Maid's Bell
* The Choice
iv. Poetry
* Life
* With the Tide
* An Autumn Sunset
* The Sonnet
* Patience
* The Mortal Lease
* Euryalus
* Vesalius In Zante
iv. Novella - Ethan Frome
v. Novel - The Age of Innocence