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A feast of words

The mystery of how a wealthy New York socialite became a major American novelist is explored in this biography of Edith Wharton's life and work.

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  • "The mystery of how a wealthy New York socialite became a major American novelist is explored in this biography of Edith Wharton's life and work."@en
  • "The mystery of how a wealthy New York socialite became a major American novelist is brilliantly explored in this definitive psychological interpretation of Edith Wharton's life and work. This edition includes two new chapters illuminating Wharton's times and creative process: one on Lily Bart and the lethal stereotypes of women on the nineteenth-century stage, and another on the way Wharton's own sensual awakening led from the frozen austerity of Ethan Frome to the lyricism and tempered happiness of Summer."@en
  • "The mystery of how a wealthy New York socialite became a major American novelist is brilliantly explored in this fascinating critical biography, widely considered to be the most perceptive introduction to Edith Wharton's life and work ..."@en

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  • "History"@en
  • "Criticism, interpretation, etc"@en
  • "Audiobooks"@en
  • "Biography"@en
  • "Downloadable audio books"@en

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  • "A feast of words"@en
  • "A feast of words the triumph of Edith Wharton"@en
  • "A feast of words the triumph of Edith Warton"@en
  • "A feast of words [the triumph of Edith Wharton]"@en
  • "A Feast of Words The Triumph of Edith Wharton"@en