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Edith Wharton (/ ˈ hw ɔːr t ən /; born Edith Newbold Jones; January 24, 1862 – August 11, 1937) was an American writer and designer. Wharton drew upon her insider's knowledge of the upper-class New York "aristocracy" to portray realistically the lives and morals of the Gilded Age .
Old New York (1924) is a collection of four novellas by Edith Wharton, revolving around upper-class New York City society in the 1840s, 1850s, 1860s, and 1870s.
Spanning four decades in the mid-nineteenth century, the interconnected novellas of Old New York lay out in vivid detail the complex and inscrutable codes, customs, and taboos of New York society in classic Wharton style.
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The Touchstone is a novella by American writer Edith Wharton. Written in 1900, it was the first of her many stories describing life in old New York. Stephen Glennard, the novella's protagonist, is suddenly impoverished and unable to marry the woman he loves.
24 de jan. de 2013 · Edith's creativity and talent soon became obvious: By the age of eighteen she had written a novella, (as well as witty reviews of it) and published poetry in the Atlantic Monthly. After a failed engagement, Edith married a wealthy sportsman, Edward Wharton.
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Edith Wharton has 1584 books on Goodreads with 1272431 ratings. Edith Wharton’s most popular book is The Age of Innocence.
11 de nov. de 2023 · Using The Mount, the museum at Edith Wharton's home, as a reference, here's how to read to all of Wharton's novels and novellas, in order. (As a note: since many of Wharton's works...
