Hudson river bracketed

By Edith Wharton

Book Overview

"Getting at once to the heart of things: that was the secret. But how many people know it, or had any idea where the heart of things really was?...""He could not imagine putting down on paper anything... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0006AKRR0
• Release Date: January 1929
• Publisher: D. Appleton and Company
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Novel explores turbulent side of literary genius

I found this book to be unlike the other works I had read by Edith Wharton. While her books "The Age of Innocence," "The House of Mirth" and "The Children" focused on the intricacies of upper-class society, "Hudson River Bracketed" is more about the creative personality. Young Vance Weston comes to New York State from a small town in the midwest. Untutored, he has a strong desire to write, and he makes his way in the New York literary world. He forms a strong friendship with a wealthy and brilliant women, Halo Tarrant. This book occasionally felt a bit like a pot-boiler, but it did hold my attention, particularly due to the way that Vance was in many ways a difficult person, yet undeniably a talented writer. There is a sequel (which I have not read) called "The Gods Arrive"