
'The war went on; life went on; Paris went on.' In A Son at the Front, her only novel dealing with World War I, Edith Wharton offers a vivid portrait of American expatriate life in Paris, as well as a gripping portrayal of a complex modern family. The...

Inspired by her volunteer work in France during World War I, Edith Wharton's remarkable war novel, A Son at the Front, was initially met with widespread indifference from a war-weary public. The profoundly moving story follows expatriate American painter John Campton as...

"Wharton has done nothing that equals this."―New York Times Book Review (1923) "Extraordinarily poignant...Heartrending, tragic, powerful, this is not to be missed."-Publishers Weekly Edith Wharton's A Son at the Front (1923) is a stirring rumination...

Wharton's antiwar masterpiece, now once again available, probes the devastation of World War I on the home front. Interweaving her own experiences of the Great War with themes of parental and filial love, art and self-sacrifice, national loyalties and class privilege, Wharton...

A Son at the Front is Edith Wharton's extremely personal novel about love, loss, and the intersection of war and art. It's a powerful, moving portrait of empathy and loss. One of Wharton's very best novels.
." . . A Son at the Front is an extraordinarily poignant...

Wharton's antiwar masterpiece, now once again available, probes the devastation of World War I on the home front. Interweaving her own experiences of the Great War with themes of parental and filial love, art and self-sacrifice, national loyalties and class privilege, Wharton...

A Son at the Front is Edith Wharton's extremely personal novel about love, loss, and the intersection of war and art. It's a powerful, moving portrait of empathy and loss. One of Wharton's very best novels.
." . . A Son at the Front is an extraordinarily poignant...

Wharton (1862-1937) was an American novelist, short story writer, playwright, and designer. She drew upon her insider's knowledge of the upper class New York "aristocracy" to realistically portray the lives and morals of the Gilded Age. She was the first woman to win the Pulitzer...
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Wharton's antiwar masterpiece, now once again available, probes the devastation of World War I on the home front. Interweaving her own experiences of the Great War with themes of parental and filial love, art and self-sacrifice, national loyalties and class privilege, Wharton...



"Wharton has done nothing that equals this."―New York Times Book Review (1923) "Extraordinarily poignant...Heartrending, tragic, powerful, this is not to be missed."-Publishers Weekly Edith Wharton's A Son at the Front (1923) is a stirring rumination...

Edith Wharton (born Edith Newbold Jones; January 24, 1862 - August 11, 1937) was an American novelist, short story writer, and designer. Wharton drew upon her insider's knowledge of the upper class New York "aristocracy" to realistically portray the lives and morals of the...

Wharton's antiwar masterpiece probes the devastation of World War I on the home front. Inspired by a young man Edith Wharton met during her war relief work in France, A Son at the Front opens in Paris on July 30, 1914, as Europe totters on the brink of...

Wharton's antiwar masterpiece probes the devastation of World War I on the home front. Inspired by a young man Edith Wharton met during her war relief work in France, A Son at the Front opens in Paris on July 30, 1914, as Europe totters on the brink of...

A Son at the Front, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations...

Edith Wharton's powerful novel, "A Son at the Front," explores the profound impact of World War I on both the battlefield and the home front. Set against the backdrop of Paris, the story delves into the anxieties and hopes of American expatriates living abroad during a time...

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John Campton, the American portrait-painter, stood in his bare studio in Montmartre at the end of a summer afternoon contemplating a battered calendar that hung against the wall.The calendar marked July 30, 1914.Campton looked at this date with a gaze of unmixed satisfaction...

Wharton's antiwar masterpiece probes the devastation of World War I on the home front. Inspired by a young man Edith Wharton met during her war relief work in France, A Son at the Front opens in Paris on July 30, 1914, as Europe totters on the brink of...

Edith Wharton (born Edith Newbold Jones; January 24, 1862 - August 11, 1937) was an American novelist, short story writer, and designer. Wharton drew upon her insider's knowledge of the upper class New York "aristocracy" to realistically portray the lives and morals of the...

John Campton, the American portrait-painter, stood in his bare studio in Montmartre at the end of a summer afternoon contemplating a battered calendar that hung against the wall. The calendar marked July 30, 1914. Campton looked at this date with a gaze of unmixed satisfaction...
