The Fruit of the Tree - Couverture rigide

Wharton, Edith

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1557429790 ISBN 13 : 9781557429797

Editeur : Wildside Press, 2024

Synopsis

This compelling novel delves into the complexities of labor reform, morality, and personal relationships. It follows the story of John Amherst, a reform-minded assistant manager in a textile mill, and Justine Brent, a compassionate nurse. Together, they confront issues of industrial reform, euthanasia, and the conflicts between idealism and practicality. Edith Wharton's keen social commentary and exploration of ethical dilemmas create a richly layered narrative about the challenges of moral responsibility.

EDITH WHARTON (1862-1937) was one of the most remarkable women of her time, and her immense commercial and critical success--most notably with her novel "The Age of Innocense" (1920), which won a Pulitzer Prize. Her other novels, including "The Fruit of the Tree," remain fascinating portraits of an earlier time.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

T JTE FRUIT OF THE THEE I IN the surgical ward of the Hope Hospital at Ilan-aford, a nurse was bending over a young man whose bandaged right hand and ann lay stretched along the bed. His head stirred uneasily, and slipping her arm behind him she effected a professional readjustment of the pillows. "Is that better?" As she leaned over, he lifted his anxious bewildered eyes, deep-sunk under ridges of suffering. "I don't s'pose there's any kind of a show for me, is there?" he asked, pointing with his free hand-the stained seamed hand of the mechanic-to the inert bundle on the quilt. IIct only immediate answer was to wipe the dampness from his forehead; then she said: "We'll talk about tliat to-morrow." "Why not now?" "Because Dr. Disbrow can't tell till the inflammation goes down." "Will it go down by to-morrow?" "It will begin to, if you don't excite yourself and keep up the fever." I 3]

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Biographie de l'auteur

Edith Wharton (born Edith Newbold Jones; January 24, 1862 – August 11, 1937) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, short story writer, and designer. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1927, 1928 and 1930. Wharton combined her insider's view of America's privileged classes with a brilliant, natural wit to write humorous, incisive novels and short stories of social and psychological insight. She was well acquainted with many of her era's other literary and public figures, including Theodore Roosevelt.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wildside Press
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1557429790
• ISBN 13: 9781557429797
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 312
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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