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  • The Descent Of Man And Other Stories
    Edith Wharton
    The collection of short stories 'The Descent of Man and Other Stories' was authored by Edith Wharton, a well-known American writer recognized for her examination of marriage, love, and social class in the early 20th century. This 1904 anthology provides an engrossing look into the intricacies of interpersonal interactions and the difficulties people encounter in managing societ...
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    13,70 €

  • The Age of Innocence (Annotated)
    Edith Wharton
    'The Age of Innocence,' written by Edith Wharton and published in 1920, is a captivating exploration of love, duty, and societal expectations in the Gilded Age of New York City. This Pulitzer Prize-winning novel transports readers to a world of opulent mansions, lavish soirées, and intricately woven social codes, all meticulously detailed by Wharton’s keen observational skills....
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    15,74 €

  • The Age of Innocence
    Edith Wharton
    Winner of the 1921 Pulitzer Prize, The Age of Innocence is Edith Wharton’s masterful portrait of desire and betrayal during the sumptuous Golden Age of Old New York, a time when society people 'dreaded scandal more than disease.' This is Newland Archer’s world as he prepares to marry the beautiful but conventional May Welland. But when the mysterious Countess Ellen Olenska retu...
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    17,96 €

  • Sanctuaire
    Cor Charron / Edith Wharton
    Dans des romans tels que 'L’Âge de l’Innocence' et 'La Maison des Morts', Edith Wharton a démontré un talent remarquable pour mettre à nu la face sombre de la haute société américaine. Dans 'Sanctuaire', récit d’un mariage condamné soutenu par l’altruisme du protagoniste, Wharton explore davantage la question de savoir si c’est notre nature ou notre éducation qui détermine le c...
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    15,70 €

  • The Age of Innocence
    Edith Wharton
    Edith Wharton’s novel, The Age of Innocence, was published in 1920. It was her eighth novel, first serialized in four parts in the magazine Pictorial Review in 1920. D. Appleton & Company published it as a book later that year. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1921, making Wharton the first woman to do so. Though the committee initially agreed to award the prize to Sinc...
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    21,99 €

  • Edith Wharton’s Ethan Frome;Sinister Short Stories by Classic Women Writers
    Edith Wharton
    Edith Wharton’s haunting classic Ethan Frome is set in a small, isolated town in Massachusetts, exploring the depths of human emotion and the profound impact of choices made in the face of societal constraints.The story revolves around the titular character, Ethan Frome, a worn-down and introverted farmer whose life is bound by duty and responsibility. Trapped in a loveless mar...
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    16,86 €

  • Ethan Frome
    Edith Wharton
    An old, limping man captures the attention of a newcomer to the rural town of Starkfield, Massachusetts, who sets out to learn the tragic story behind Ethan Frome’s physical scars and subdued interactions. As the story skips back in time twenty-four years, a lifetime of misfortunes, a misguided love affair, and a terrible sledding accident come to light in Wharton’s 1911 tale, ...
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    12,97 €

  • Virginia’s Sisters
    Charlotte Perkins Gilman / Edith Wharton / Virginia Woolf
    A fascinating anthology of poetry and prose by leading feminist writers of the 20th century on the topic of women’s freedom and the idea of the ’New Woman’. This international collection offers over 20 literary gems by favourite and newly rediscovered women writers.Selected and introduced by Gabi Reigh who gives context to the selected contributions from women writers who were ...
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    20,76 €

  • The House of Mirth (Traduit)
    Edith Wharton / Jason Nollan
    Entrez dans le monde glamour et complexe de l’âge d’or new-yorkais avec 'The House of Mirth', un chef-d’œuvre intemporel écrit par la brillante Edith Wharton. Plongez dans l’histoire séduisante de Lily Bart, une jeune femme captivante dont la beauté et le charme cachent une lutte pour la survie au sein d’une société soumise à des codes sociaux impitoyables. Dans ce roman captiv...
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    20,38 €

  • Madame De Treymes
    Edith Wharton
    This novel by Edith Wharton tells the story of Fanny de Malrive, a Frenchwoman who marries a wealthy American but finds herself torn between loyalty to her family and the demands of her new life. When her brother returns to Paris to ask for her help, Fanny must navigate a web of political intrigue, familial obligation, and personal desire, all while maintaining the veneer of a ...
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    20,18 €

  • Tales of Men and Ghosts
    Edith Wharton
    A collection of short stories that explore the themes of love, death, and the supernatural. From a ghostly encounter in a hotel room to a man’s inner struggle with his own mortality, these tales are sure to captivate the reader’s imagination.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.Thi...
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    41,46 €

  • Fighting France
    Edith Wharton
    Dans ce livre, Edith Wharton, auteure renommée du XXe siècle, raconte son expérience en France pendant la Première Guerre mondiale. Elle dresse un portrait saisissant de la France en guerre, de Dunkerque à Belfort, et partage ses observations sur la société et la culture françaises.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowled...
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    36,60 €

  • Tales of Men and Ghosts
    Edith Wharton
    A collection of short stories that explore the themes of love, death, and the supernatural. From a ghostly encounter in a hotel room to a man’s inner struggle with his own mortality, these tales are sure to captivate the reader’s imagination.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.Thi...
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    27,83 €

  • The Glimpses Of The Moon
    Decorative Designers. bjd / Wharton Edith 1862-1937 / D. Appleton and Company. pbl
    This classic novel by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edith Wharton tells the story of Nick Lansing and Susy Branch, two young socialites who marry for convenience but soon find themselves falling in love with others. As they navigate the world of high society in early 20th century New York and Europe, Lansing and Branch must face the consequences of their actions and decide what...
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    39,51 €

  • Madame De Treymes
    Edith Wharton
    This novel by Edith Wharton tells the story of Fanny de Malrive, a Frenchwoman who marries a wealthy American but finds herself torn between loyalty to her family and the demands of her new life. When her brother returns to Paris to ask for her help, Fanny must navigate a web of political intrigue, familial obligation, and personal desire, all while maintaining the veneer of a ...
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    33,81 €

  • The Long Run 1916
    Edith Wharton
    The Long Run 1916, has been considered important throughout human history. In an effort to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to secure its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for both current and future generations. This complete book has been retyped, redesigned, and reformatted. Since these books are not scans of the authors’ origi...
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    19,36 €

  • Ethan Frome
    Edith Wharton
    Ethan Frome is a 1911 book by American author Edith Wharton. It is set in the fictitious town of Starkfield, Massachusetts. The novel was adapted into a film, Ethan Frome, in 1993. Society and Morality as Obstacles to the Fulfillment of Desire. The constraint social and moral concerns place on individual desire is perhaps the novel’s most prominent theme, since Ethan Frome’s pl...
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    10,89 €

  • The Marne
    Edith Wharton
    The Marne: A Tale of the War, has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in a contemporary format for both current and future generations. This entire book has been retyped, redesigned, and reformatted. Since these books are not made...
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    13,35 €

  • Twilight Sleep
    Edith Wharton
    Twilight Sleep is a novel by American author Edith Wharton and was first published in 1927 as a serial in the Pictorial Review before being published as a novel in the same year. The story, filled with irony, is centered around a socialite family navigating the New York of the Jazz Age and their relationships. This novel landed at number one on the best-selling list just two mo...
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    29,43 €

  • Twilight Sleep
    Edith Wharton
    Twilight Sleep is a novel by American author Edith Wharton and was first published in 1927 as a serial in the Pictorial Review before being published as a novel in the same year. The story, filled with irony, is centered around a socialite family navigating the New York of the Jazz Age and their relationships. This novel landed at number one on the best-selling list just two mo...
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    18,79 €

  • The Custom of the Country
    Edith Wharton
    The Custom of the Country is a 1913 tragicomedy of manners novel by the American author Edith Wharton. It tells the story of Undine Spragg, a Midwestern girl who attempts to ascend in New York City society. The title phrase is discussed in the novel. Charles Bowen asserts to Laura Fairford that it is 'abnormal' that Ralph Marvell does not share his business life with his wife U...
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    30,24 €

  • The Custom of the Country
    Edith Wharton
    The Custom of the Country is a 1913 tragicomedy of manners novel by the American author Edith Wharton. It tells the story of Undine Spragg, a Midwestern girl who attempts to ascend in New York City society. The title phrase is discussed in the novel. Charles Bowen asserts to Laura Fairford that it is 'abnormal' that Ralph Marvell does not share his business life with his wife U...
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    20,91 €

  • Twilight Sleep
    Edith Wharton
    Edith Wharton’s superb satirical novel of the Jazz Age, a critically praised best-seller when it was first published. Sex, drugs, work, money, infatuation with the occult and spiritual healing-these are the remarkably modern themes that animate Twilight Sleep. The extended family of Mrs. Manford is determined to escape the pain, boredom and emptiness of life through whatever fo...
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    21,02 €

  • The Reef
    Edith Wharton
    The Reef is a romantic novel by American writer Edith Wharton. The story begins in a location in Paris and rural France, although most of the characters are Americans. American diplomat George Darrow still keeps in contact with his former lover Anna Leath, who was previously married. Darrow wants to resume their relationship, but he worries about her commitment. Sophy Viner is ...
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    23,12 €

  • Summer
    Edith Wharton
    With her routine in the quiet village of North Dormer, Charity Royall is becoming bored. Lucius Harney, a visiting architect, makes an unwanted approach to her. Mr. Royall decides not to marry Charity and kicks Lucius out of his home. After leaving the city, Lucius moves to a nearby village. A Nettleton abandoned home is where Charity and Lucius, two lovers, first meet. Charity...
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    21,31 €

  • Ethan Frome
    Edith Wharton
    American writer Edith Wharton published the novel, Ethan Frome in 1911. It takes place in the made-up Massachusetts town of Starkfield. The book was turned into a movie, Ethan Frome (1993). The book is a framed story. An unknown male narrator who is visiting the area for business spends winter in Starkfield in the frame story. Around the village, he notices a limping, silent ma...
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    16,78 €

  • THE AGE OF INNOCENCE
    Edith Wharton
    The Age of Innocence, which was set in the time of Wharton’s childhood, was a softer and gentler work than The House of Mirth, which Wharton had published in 1905. In her autobiography, Wharton wrote of The Age of Innocence that it had allowed her to find 'a momentary escape in going back to my childish memories of a long-vanished America... it was growing more and more evident...
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    26,27 €

  • The Age of Innocence
    Edith Wharton
    The Age of Innocence is a novel by American author Edith Wharton. The story centers on an upper-class couple’s impending marriage, and the introduction of the bride’s cousin, plagued by scandal, whose presence threatens their happiness. The novel won the 1921 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, making Wharton the first woman to win the prize. ...
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    11,81 €

  • Edith Wharton, poemas de la inocencia
    Edith Wharton
    La presente edición, Poemas de la inocencia, presenta una concienzuda selección de los procesos líricos de Edith Wharton (1862-1937), conocida especialmente por su novela La edad de la inocencia (1920). Esta edición recoge buena parte de la poco conocida poesía de Wharton, siendo, por tanto, la primera interpretación, traducción y lectura que se vierte al español del poético al...
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    17,90 €

  • The Hermit and the Wild Woman
    Edith Wharton
    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the 'public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the wor...
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    21,01 €


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