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Glimpses of the Moon by Edith Wharton
Category: Classics | Series: Pushkin Press Classics Ser.
A young couple's love is threatened by the destructive power of money, by one of the greatest authors of her age In this beautiful novel, Edith Wharton perceptively describes the seductions and temptations of high society with all her trademark wit and irony. Nick Lansing and Susy Branch are you ...Show more
HOUSE OF MIRTH by WHARTON EDITH
Category: Fiction | Series: Everyman's Library Classics Ser.
First published in 1905, THE HOUSE OF MIRTH shocked the New York society it so deftly chronicles, portraying the moral, social and economic restraints on a woman who dared to claim the privileges of marriage without assuming the responsibilities. Lily Bart, beautiful, witty and sophisticated, is accepte ...Show more
House of Mirth by Edith Wharton (Contribution by); Elizabeth Ammons (Contribution by)
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Norton Critical Editions Ser.
House of Mirth by Edith Wharton Born in 1862 into an exclusive New York society - against whose rigid mores she often rebelled - Edith Wharton bridged the literary worlds of two continents and two centuries in her rich and glamorous life. The House of Mirth, her tenth book, is the story of young Lily Ba ...Show more
In Morocco by Edith Wharton
Category: Travel | Series: Stanford Travel Classics
EDITH WHARTON journeyed to Morocco in the final days of the First World War, at a time when there was no guidebook to the country.
In Morocco by Edith Wharton
Category: Biography | Series: Stanfords Travel Classics
Edith Wharton journeyed to Morocco in the final days of the First World War, at a time when there was no guidebook to the country. In Morocco is the classic account of her expedition. A seemingly unlikely chronicler, Wharton, more usually associated with American high society, explored the country for a ...Show more
In Morocco by Edith Wharton
Category: Travel Literature
In Morocco is Edith Wharton's classic account of her journey to Morocco in the final days of World War I. From Rabat and Fez to Moulay Idriss and Marrakech, Wharton explored the country and its people as research for this book, which she hoped (correctly) would prove invaluable to travellers following i ...Show more
Italian Villas and Their Gardens by Edith Wharton
Category: Interior Design
ITALIAN VILLAS AND THEIR GARDENS by Edith Wharton. From the original publication of 1904, this edition in is a seminal work on garden design, is a testament to the passionate connoisseurship of one of America's greatest writers. A comprehensive look at the history and character of Italian garden archite ...Show more
Mr Jones by Edith Wharton
Category: Classic Fiction
One of the titles in an exciting series of beloved, charming and spooky ghost stories, brought to life by legendary illustrator Seth. When Lady Jane Lynke unexpectedly inherits Bells, a beautiful country estate, she declares she'll never leave the peaceful grounds and sets about making the house her hom ...Show more