In 1921, Edith Wharton became the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize, earning the award for The Age of Innocence. But Wharton also wrote several other novels, as well as poems and short stories that made her not only famous but popular among her contemporaries. That included...
This anthology is a thorough introduction to classic literature for those who have not yet experienced these literary masterworks. For those who have known and loved these works in the past, this is an invitation to reunite with old friends in a fresh new format. From Shakespeare's...
In Morocco is the 1920 travelogue by the famous author Edith Wharton. Edith Wharton was an American novelist, short story writer, and designer. Wharton combined an insider's view of American aristocracy with a powerful prose style. Her novels and short stories realistically portrayed...
Edith Wharton, American novelist and designer Edith Wharton travelled to Morocco A classic of travel writing In Morocco is her account of this journey through the country's cities and through its deserts.In Morocco isn't really a travel journal, since it hardly includes any personal...
"I stand in portico hung with gentian-blue ipomeas ... and look out on a land of mists and mysteries; a land of trailing silver veils through which domes and minarets, mighty towers and ramparts of flushed stone, hot palm groves and Atlas snows, peer and disappear at the will...
Edith Wharton ( born Edith Newbold Jones; January 24, 1862 - August 11, 1937) was an American novelist, short story writer, and designer. Wharton combined an insider's view of American aristocracy with a powerful prose style. Her novels and short stories realistically portrayed...
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...
To step on board a steamer in a Spanish port, and three hours later to land in a countrywithout a guide-book, is a sensation to rouse the hunger of the repletest sight-seer.The sensation is attainable by any one who will take the trouble to row out into theharbour of Algeciras...
A classic piece of travel writing, Edith Wharton's remarkable account of her journey to Morocco. "Within a few years far more will be known of the past of Morocco, but that past will be far less visible to the traveler than it is today," she wrote in her introduction...
To step on board a steamer in a Spanish port, and three hours later to land in a country without a guide-book, is a sensation to rouse the hunger of the repletest sight-seer. The sensation is attainable by any one who will take the trouble to row out into the harbour of Algeciras...
To step on board a steamer in a Spanish port, and three hours later to land in acountry without a guide-book, is a sensation to rouse the hunger of the repletestsight-seer.The sensation is attainable by any one who will take the trouble to row out into theharbour of Algeciras...
The great American novelist Edith Wharton (1862-1937) here gives us her colorful and textured travel memoir "In Morroco" (1920). Still a deeply energized work, Wharton imbues the reader with a sense of wonder that served as the impetus for her travels into this exotic Northern...