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Fanny de Malrive, an American living in Paris, is trapped in a loveless marriage. She wants nothing more than to divorce her estranged husband and marry her childhood friend John Durham. But even if her husband could overcome his conservative, religious family and culture to... Read Full Overview

An American in Paris at the turn of the nineteenth century, John Durham pays court to an old flame, Fanny Frisbee, now married to the dissolute Marquis de Malrive. Devoutly Catholic, Fanny's husband is unlikely to grant her a divorce or relinquish custody of their young son,... Read Full Overview

An American in Paris at the turn of the nineteenth century, John Durham pays court to an old flame, Fanny Frisbee, now married to the dissolute Marquis de Malrive. Devoutly Catholic, Fanny's husband is unlikely to grant her a divorce or relinquish custody of their young son,... Read Full Overview

An American in Paris at the turn of the nineteenth century, John Durham pays court to an old flame, Fanny Frisbee, now married to the dissolute Marquis de Malrive. Devoutly Catholic, Fanny's husband is unlikely to grant her a divorce or relinquish custody of their young son,... Read Full Overview

An American in Paris at the turn of the nineteenth century, John Durham pays court to an old flame, Fanny Frisbee, now married to the dissolute Marquis de Malrive. Devoutly Catholic, Fanny's husband is unlikely to grant her a divorce or relinquish custody of their young son,... Read Full Overview

An American in Paris at the turn of the nineteenth century, John Durham pays court to an old flame, Fanny Frisbee, now married to the dissolute Marquis de Malrive. Devoutly Catholic, Fanny's husband is unlikely to grant her a divorce or relinquish custody of their young son,... Read Full Overview

Madame De Treymes is a novella written by Edith Wharton, an American author known for her works on the upper-class society of New York. The book was first published in 1907 and is set in Paris, France. The story revolves around the protagonist, John Durham, an American lawyer... Read Full Overview

John Durham, an elegant New York gentleman, returns to Paris with the intention of marrying his childhood friend, Fanny Frisbee, recently separated from the lustful Marquess of Malrive. Despite the love they both profess, Madame de Malrive decides to renounce the promising marriage,... Read Full Overview

His European visits were infrequent enough to have kept unimpaired thefreshness of his eye, and he was always struck anew by the vast and consummatelyordered spectacle of Paris: by its look of having been boldly and deliberatelyplanned as a background for the enjoyment of life,... Read Full Overview

His European visits were infrequent enough to have kept unimpaired thefreshness of his eye, and he was always struck anew by the vast and consummatelyordered spectacle of Paris: by its look of having been boldly and deliberatelyplanned as a background for the enjoyment of life,... Read Full Overview

His European visits were infrequent enough to have kept unimpaired thefreshness of his eye, and he was always struck anew by the vast and consummatelyordered spectacle of Paris: by its look of having been boldly and deliberatelyplanned as a background for the enjoyment of life,... Read Full Overview