Old New York - Brossura

Wharton, Edith

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ISBN 10: 0860684903 ISBN 13: 9780860684909

Casa editrice: Virago, 1985

Riassunto

Edith Wharton (1862-1937), the grande dame of American literature, was also a subtle and spirited critic of its society.

These novellas, set in the New York of the mid-1800s are united by Edith Wharton's compassionate and ironic vision. From Lewis Raycie, son of complacent plutocrats, who returns from his Grand Tour with Renaissance masterpieces only to be ridiculed and disinherited, to Lizzie Hazeldean, seen leaving a hotel with a man who is not her husband - honourable but unconventional people are sacrificed to the constraints of a society where appearances count for more than genuine goodness. Here is a fascinating insight into the world from which Edith Wharton came.

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Edith Wharton was born in 1862. She won the Pulitzer Prize for The Age of Innocence in 1920, and was the first woman to receive a Doctorate of Letters from Yale University. In 1930 she became a member of the American Academy of Arts and letters. She died in France at the age of 75.

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• Editore: Virago
• Data di pubblicazione: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0860684903
• ISBN 13: 9780860684909
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 320