2010, ISBN: 9780007368648

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'I want – I want somehow to get away with you into a world where words like that – categories … More...

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'I want – I want somehow to get away with you into a world where words like that – categories like that – won't exist. Where we shall be simply two human beings who love each other, who are the whole of life to each other; and nothing else on earth will matter.’ Newland Archer, a successful and charming young lawyer conducts himself by the rules and standards of the polite, upper class New York society that he resides in. Happily engaged to the pretty and conventional May Welland, his attachment guarantees his place in this rigid world of the elite. However, the arrival of May’s cousin, the exotic and beautiful European Countess Olenska throws Newland’s life upside down. A divorcee, Olenska is ostracised by those around her, yet Newland is fiercely drawn to her wit, determination and willingness to flout convention. With the Countess, Newland is freed from the limitations that surround him and truly begins to ‘feel’ for the first time. Wharton’s subtle exposé of the manners and etiquette of 1870s New York society is both comedic, subtle, satirical and cynical in style and paints an evocative picture of a man torn between his passion and his obligation. Books Edith Wharton|Paperback|HarperCollins Publishers|08/07/2010, HarperCollins Publishers<

ISBN: 9780007368648

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'I want - I want somehow to get away with you into a world where words like that - categories like that … More...

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'I want - I want somehow to get away with you into a world where words like that - categories like that - won't exist. Where we shall be simply two human beings who love each other, who are the whole of life to each other; and nothing else on earth will matter.' Newland Archer, a successful and charming young lawyer conducts himself by the rules and standards of the polite, upper class New York society that he resides in. Happily engaged to the pretty and conventional May Welland, his attachment guarantees his place in this rigid world of the elite. However, the arrival of May's cousin, the exotic and beautiful European Countess Olenska throws Newland's life upside down. A divorcee, Olenska is ostracised by those around her, yet Newland is fiercely drawn to her wit, determination and willingness to flout convention. With the Countess, Newland is freed from the limitations that surround him and truly begins to 'feel' for the first time. Wharton's subtle exposé of the manners and etiquette of 1870s New York society is both comedic, subtle, satirical and cynical in style and paints an evocative picture of a man torn between his passion and his obligation. Fremdsprachige Bücher 17.9 x 11.3 x 2.4 cm , HarperCollins, HarperCollins<

ISBN: 000736864X

Paperback 320 p., 18 cm Broschiert Edith Wharton (1862-1937) entstammte der New Yorker Patrizierschicht. Als Kind verbrachte sie längere Zeit in Frankreich, Deutschland und Italien, so d… More...

Paperback 320 p., 18 cm Broschiert Edith Wharton (1862-1937) entstammte der New Yorker Patrizierschicht. Als Kind verbrachte sie längere Zeit in Frankreich, Deutschland und Italien, so dass sie, wie sie später meinte, Europa 'unausrottbar im Blut' hatte. Sie genoss eine sorgfältige Erziehung, ihre frühen literarischen Neigungen wurden jedoch kaum gefördert; schriftstellerische Ambitionen ziemten sich für Töchter aus ihren Kreisen nicht. Edith Wharton übersiedelte nach einer schwierigen Ehe 1906 nach Paris. Sie widmete sich nun ganz ihrer dichterischen Aufgabe, schrieb Romane, Erzählungen, Reiseberichte, kulturhistorische Essays. Ihre Vielseitigkeit und ihr Erzähltalent wurden mehrfach geehrt: 1921 erhielt sie den Pulitzerpreis, 1923 verlieh ihr die Yale University als erster Frau die Ehrendoktorwürde; es folgten die Goldene Medaille des National Institute of Arts and Letters und die Aufnahme in die American Academy of Arts and Letters. Edith Wharton gehört zu den bedeutendsten Schriftstellerinnen Amerikas. ISBN 9780007368648, mit Schutzumschlag 11, [PU:Collins Classics,]<