Like most Wharton novels, The House of Mirth examines the conflict between rigid social expectation and personal desire. Lily Bart is adept at playing societyâs games, which expect her to achieve an advantageous marriage. Yet, torn betwe...
The Age of Innocence won the 1921 Pulitzer Prize. The story is set in upper class New York City in the 1870s. The Age of Innocence centers on an upper class coupleâs impending marriage, and the introduction of a woman plagued by scandal...
Like most Wharton novels, The House of Mirth examines the conflict between rigid social expectation and personal desire. Lily Bart is adept at playing societyâs games, which expect her to achieve an advantageous marriage. Yet, torn betwe...
Eighteen-yearâold Charity Royall is bored with life in the small town of North Dormer. She is a librarian and ward of North Dormerâs premier citizen, Lawyer Royall. While working at the library, Charity meets visiting...
Ethan Frome was published in 1911 by the Pulitzer Prize-winning American author Edith Wharton. It is set in turn-of-the-century New England in the fictitious town of Starkfield, Massachusetts. Ethan Frome is a man with dreams and desires that end in an...
Perhaps the best-known and most popular of Edith Whartonâs novels, Ethan Frome is widely considered her masterpiece. A powerful tale of passion and loss-and the wretched consequences thereof - Ethan Frome is one of American literature&ac...
Eighteen-yearâold Charity Royall is bored with life in the small town of North Dormer. She is a librarian and ward of North Dormerâs premier citizen, Lawyer Royall. While working at the library, Charity meets visiting...
Seven short stories from one of the most celebrated authors of the early twentieth century have been updated with an eye toward readability for modern readers. The bones of the stories are just as she told them with no changes to plot or settings. Best...