A Backward Glance
The writing life, uncloseted: In this orderly collection of autobiographical sketches Edith Wharton - generously and with nearly photographic recall - begins by inviting readers into her early life in nineteenth-century New York. We are treated to its [... more]
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Bunner Sisters
Unexpected and emotional: Good short novel about two spinster sisters who run a sewing shop together. The plot emphasizes how a seemingly insignificant act. like buying a birthday present, can have enormous consequences in the future. It first startsout [... more]
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The Glimpses of the Moon
Young schemers in love: Edith Wharton won the Pulitzer in 1921, for her social romantic tragedy "Age of Innocence." What to do after a triumph like that? Well, in Wharton's case, she went the opposite direction, with a gentle romance called & [... more]
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