Edith Wharton

Broschiertes Buch

The Touchstone

Annotated Edition (Alma Classics 101 Pages)

Beschreibung

The first of Edith Wharton's works depicting life in "old New York", The Touchstone is an acutely observed novella , and an exploration of the tension between self-serving opportunism and the desire to live a moral life."

Autor

Edith Wharton (1862-1937) is the author of more than forty books including timeless classics such as The Age of Innocence and The House of Mirth. She was the first woman to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and is now widely recognised as one of the greatest writers in the English language. Jonas Dovydenas' photographs have appeared in Time, American Photographer, National Geographic Adventure, Soldier of Fortune, and others. He has been a Trustee of Edith Wharton Restoration, Inc. for many years.

Produktdetails

• Alma Classics 101 Pages
• Verlag: Alma Classics / Bloomsbury Trade
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 441042
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 126mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 126g
• ISBN-13: 9781847497932
• ISBN-10: 1847497934
• Artikelnr.: 54454810

Rezensionen

They [Edith Wharton and Henry James] are giants, equals, the tutelary and benign gods of our American literature. Gore Vidal