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The Age of Innocence (Everyman's Library)
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It was a glittering, sumptuous time when hypocrisy was expected, discreet infidelity tolerated, and unconventionality ostracized.
That is the Gilded Age, and nobody knew its hypocrises better than Edith Wharton.... and nobody portrayed them as well. "The Age of Innocence" is a trip back in time to the stuffy upper crust of "old New York,"... »
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The Picture of Dorian Gray - Literary Touchstone
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Unfortunately I made it through both high school and college without ever having been assigned this book. Over the years I have read plenty of Wilde's works, but for some reason or another, missed this one over and over. I recently sat down, and decided that it was time to give this a read. To be honest, I knew very little about this actual book pri... »
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The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton
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"'No, I don't believe in ghosts, but I'm afraid of them,' is much more than the cheap paradox it seems to many. To 'believe,' in that sense, is a conscious act of the intellect, and it is in the warm darkness of the prenatal fluid far below our conscious reason that the faculty dwells with which we apprehend ghosts." Edith Wharton, known for her keen o... »
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The Reef
While "The Reef" is to my mind not on par with her other great works, it is nonetheless an entirely worthwhile read. The emotional drama is compelling, pa... »
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The Custom of the Country
Pre-flapper Undine Spragg flaps her mouth and metaphorical wings into infamy in this elegantly written novel. F. Scott Fitzgerald included "The Custom of ... »
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Summer
Edith Wharton's name is often mentioned in discussions of great American authors. Until I read this book, I was unfamiliar with her work. But wanting to... »
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