The Portable Edith Wharton (Penguin Classics)

By Edith Wharton

Book Overview

Best known for her novels depicting the stifling conformity and ceremoniousness of the upper-class New York society into which she was born, Edith Wharton also wrote brilliantly in many genres: essays, travel pieces, memoirs, and a variety of short stories. This unique collection provides a fresh look at Wharton's genius by including a generous sampling of her short stories, along with nonfiction, letters, excerpts from the novels The House of Mirth , The Reef , and The Age of Innocence, and Summer , reprinted in its entirety. Also included in this volume is an introduction by Linda Wagner-Martin, who examines the life and literary accomplishments of Edith Wharton, a chronology, notes, and bibliography. Edited with an introduction by Linda Wagner-Martin.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0142437581
• ISBN13: 9780142437582
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Length: 688 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.7" x 1.2" x 5.3"