ISBN: 9781491014387

Acclaimed biographer Hermione Lee presents four remarkable and surprising books that collectively capture World War I and the Jazz Age through the eyes of one of our greatest novelists. E… More...

Acclaimed biographer Hermione Lee presents four remarkable and surprising books that collectively capture World War I and the Jazz Age through the eyes of one of our greatest novelists. Edith Wharton achieved the height of her critical and popular success in the 1920s, following The Age of Innocence, winner of the 1921 Pulitzer Prize, with four works that, though less well-known today, reveal the same mastery of dramatic irony and penetrating social satire that place her, with Henry James and Willa Cather, among the foremost writers of her era. The Library of America now brings these brilliant works together for the first time in the fifth volume of its ongoing edition of Wharton's works. Here are The Glimpses of the Moon (1922), a romance set amid the crosscurrents of upper-class social maneuvering that is considered by some scholars to have been a literary inspiration for The Great Gatsby; A Son at the Front (1923), set in Paris in the First World War, a searing character study of an American painter grappling with his son's decision to answer the call of duty in the French army; Twilight Sleep (1927), a satire of the Jazz Age and the New York society ladies who turn to drugs, occultism, and other distractions to escape the pain and emptiness of their lives; and The Children (1928), an unlikely love story that editor Hermione Lee has called a daring and profoundly sad book and the most remarkable and surprising of the novels that came after The Age of Innocence. Also included is a chronology of Wharton's life, newly expanded from Hermione Lee's masterful biography of Wharton, as well as helpful explanatory note Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Reference>Practical & How-To Gdes>Prac,How-To Gdes, CreateSpace Publishing Core >1<

ISBN: 9781491014387

Paperback, [PU: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform], Edith Wharton (born Edith Newbold Jones, January 24, 1862 - August 11, 1937) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, … More...

Paperback, [PU: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform], Edith Wharton (born Edith Newbold Jones, January 24, 1862 - August 11, 1937) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, short story writer, and designer. Her works: The Touchstone, 1900 The Valley of Decision, 1902 Sanctuary, 1903 The House of Mirth, 1905 Madame de Treymes, 1907 The Fruit of the Tree, 1907 Ethan Frome, 1911 The Reef, 1912 The Custom of the Country, 1913 Bunner Sisters, 1916 Summer, 1917 The Marne, 1918 The Age of Innocence, 1920 (Pulitzer Prize winner) The Glimpses of the Moon, 1922 A Son at the Front, 1923 Old New York, 1924 The Mother's Recompense, 1925 Twilight Sleep, 1927 The Children, 1928 Hudson River Bracketed, 1929 The Gods Arrive, 1932 The Buccaneers, 1938 Fast and Loose, 1938 (first novel, written in 1876-1877), Encyclopaedias & Reference Works<

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[EAN: 9781491014387], New book, [PU: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform], New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000<

ISBN: 9781491014387

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