The World Over - Couverture souple

Wharton, Edith

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1447472675 ISBN 13 : 9781447472674

Editeur : Read Books, 2013

Synopsis

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

'The World Over' was Wharton's last collection of stories, and typifies her elegant style and a feminist perspective that was ahead of its time. The collection includes one of her best-loved stories 'Roman Fever', which features two middle-aged American women who are visiting Rome with their daughters, and whose past conceals rivalry and jealousy. Wharton's novels are characterized by a subtle use of dramatic irony. Having grown up in upper-class pre-World War I society, she became one of its most astute critics. In such works as 'The House of Mirth' and 'The Age of Innocence' she employed both humour and profound empathy to describe the lives of New York's upper class and the vanishing of their world in the early years of the 20th century.

Biographie de l'auteur

Edith Wharton, born Edith Newbold Jones, was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, short story writer, and designer. She was born in 1862 and died in 1937. Wharton was the first woman ever to win the Pulitzer Prize, for 'The Age of Innocence'.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Read Books
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1447472675
• ISBN 13: 9781447472674
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 316
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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