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The Reef

The Reef

The Reef

Edith Wharton / Wharton Edith Wharton

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Editorial:
Standard Publications
Año de edición:
2007
Materia
Antologías (no poéticas)
ISBN:
9781604242157
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Edith Wharton’s novels and short stories are full of her humorous understanding of the upper classes. She left America for France beginning in 1907 and stayed during World War 1. The Reef tells the story of Americans in France and the social conflicts they face. The morality in this novel revolves around a woman opposing the marriage of her stepson to a woman who has had an affair.

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