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Edith Wharton born Edith Newbold Jones; January 24, 1862 - August 11, 1937) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, short story writer, and designer. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1927, 1928 and 1930. Wharton combined her insider's view of America's... Read Full Overview

Italian Backgrounds is a collection of essays written by the renowned American author Edith Wharton in 1905. The book provides a detailed account of Wharton's travels throughout Italy and her observations of the country's culture, art, and history. The essays explore various... Read Full Overview

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for... Read Full Overview

Italian Backgrounds is a non-fiction book written by Edith Wharton and published in 1905. The book is a collection of essays on the art, architecture, and history of Italy. Wharton, who had a deep appreciation for Italian culture, provides readers with an in-depth look at the... Read Full Overview

This, indeed, is the only destiny one can imagine for them. The past of such a place must have been as bucolic as its present: the medi val keep, crumbling on its wooded spur above the Rhine, was surely perched there that the lords of the valley might have an eye to the grazing... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview