"Twilight Sleep" von Edith Wharton ist ein Gesellschaftsroman, der im New York der 1920er Jahre spielt. Die Geschichte dreht sich um die wohlhabende Familie Manford und ihre Versuche, den Herausforderungen und Ablenkungen des modernen...

Edith Wharton's acclaimed novel of love, duty, and half-known truths in Gilded Age New York society, with a foreword by bestselling author Elif BatumanDutiful Newland Archer, an eligible young man from New York high society, is about to...

Edith Wharton's lacerating satire on marriage and materialism in turn-of-the-century New York features her most selfish, ruthless, and irresistibly outrageous female character. Undine Spragg is an exquisitely beautiful but ferociously...

The Custom of the Country von Wharton, Edith

For the 150th anniversary of Edith Wharton's birth: her three greatest novels, in a couture-inspired deluxe edition featuring a new introduction by Jonathan FranzenBorn into a distinguished New York family, Edith Wharton chronicled the...

This Norton Critical Edition includes: . The 1905 book edition of the novel, complete with A. B. Wenzell's eight original illustrations. . A preface and explanatory footnotes by Elizabeth Ammons. . An abundant selection of contextual...

This is the only edition to reprint Wharton's preferred text, the first UK edition. Includes an introduction by Laura Rattray. von Wharton, Edith

New York Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts: Lily Bart, Tochter aus bestem Hause und tragische Heldin dieses fesselnden Gesellschaftsromans, kämpft mit widerstreitenden Gefühlen: Soll sie sich den großbürgerlichen Konventionen ihrer Familie...

An impoverished member of the privileged high society of old New York, Lily Bart is beautiful and socially agreeable, but she is almost thirty and still unmarried. Now she is keen to secure a wealthy husband to confirm her status, but...

Pulitzer-Preisträgerin Edith Wharton beschreibt in diesem Roman zugleich eine tragische Liebe und porträtiert die High-Society New Yorks um die Jahrhundertwende. Die New Yorker Gesellschaft befindet sich zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts im...

It is fully annotated for undergraduate readers. "Backgrounds and Contexts" includes a rich selection of materials, some previously unavailable, for the study of contemporary psychological, social, and economic issues, as well as...

Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access...