This ebook contains the complete works of Edith Wharton: 22 novels and novellas, 11 story collections with 85 stories, 2 collections of poetry, and 9 non-fiction books.The collection is sorted chronologically by literary genres. There are the usual inline tables of contents and links after each text/chapter to get back to the respective tables. An alphabetical index of stories is also provided. Dates of first publication can be found at the end of the stories.Contents:...

Nei sobborghi della città di New York, le sorelle Bunner gestiscono un piccolo negozio di sartoria e fiori finti realizzati a mano. Senza altri familiari e con una cerchia di conoscenti molto ristretta, trascorrono le giornate lavorando dietro il bancone e uscendo solo per qualche piccola commissione. Le esistenze umili e ordinarie di Ann Eliza ed Evelina cambiano quando la sorella maggiore regala alla minore un orologio per il suo compleanno. Metafora perfetta del tempo che passa, l'orolo...

Classic novel. According to Wikipedia: "Edith Wharton (January 24, 1862 - August 11, 1937) was an American novelist, short story writer, and designer. ... The Age of Innocence (1920), perhaps her best known work, won the 1921 Pulitzer Prize for literature, making her the first woman to win the award."

The classic tale of a young woman's struggle for love and money from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Ethan Frome and The Age of Innocence.Raised among New York's high society, Lily Bart is beautiful, charming, and entirely without means. Determined to maintain the extravagant lifestyle to which she is accustomed, Lily embarks on a mission to marry a wealthy man who can secure her station. However, the businesslike proposals from her many suit...

Striking, sophisticated and witty, Lily Bart lives a life of expensive taste and civilised society in turn of the century New York. But nearing thirty and still unmarried, Lily’s place in society becomes uncertain without a husband to maintain her lifestyle and social standing. After rejecting several offers of marriage, Lily’s life spirals out of control as she begins an innocent relationship with a friend’s husband, Gus Trenor, and is accused of adultery. Destitute and alone, Lily realiz...

Le Classcompilé n° 96 contient les oeuvres d'Edith Wharton en traduction française.Edith Wharton, née Edith Newbold Jones à New York le 24 janvier 1862 et morte à Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt (Val-d'Oise) le 11 août 1937, est une romancière américaine. (Wikip).CONTENU DU VOLUME :ROMANSCHEZ LES HEUREUX DU MONDE 1905ETHAN FROME 1911PLEIN ÉTÉ 1917LA RÉCOMPENSE DE LA MÈRE 1925LEURS ENFA...

A tale about money and a marriage of convenience in 1920s New York by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Age of Innocence.This novel by the author of Ethan Frome, The House of Mirth, and other classics follows a couple as they venture everywhere from a lakeside villa to a Venetian palace, enjoying an extended honeymoon at other people's expense—until their calculations lead to complications."Nick and Susy Lansing, each suffe...

An original compilation of eight of Edith Wharton’s gothic storiesA ghostly presence in “The Lady’s Maid’s Bell” desires revenge against a tyrannical husband. In “Mr. Jones,” Lady Jane Lynke inherits an estate unexpectedly and can’t make sense of how to manage the servants—especially since the caretaker has been dead for decades but keeps giving orders.Meanwhile, in “Afterward,” a newly wealthy American couple moves into a large, isolated house in southern ...

HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics.'I want – I want somehow to get away with you into a world where words like that – categories like that – won't exist. Where we shall be simply two human beings who love each other, who are the whole of life to each other; and nothing else on earth will matter.’Newland Archer, a successful and charming young lawyer conducts himself by the rules and standards of the polite, upper class New York society...

The Age of Innocence is a portrait of upper-class, East Coast American life in the 19th century. Newland Archer, a lawyer and son of one of New York City's most established families, is happily engaged to marry the beautiful and sweet May Welland, a picture-perfect product of Old New York society. Yet he begins to question his dreams of wedded life when he meets Ellen, May's beautiful but stubbornly independent cousin, who has made the scandalous decision to divorce her husband an...

Poor farmer Ethan Frome endures yet another harsh winter in Starkfield, Massachusetts, caring for his constantly ill wife Zeena. His life is bleak and miserable — until the arrival of Mattie Silver, a cousin of Zeena’s hired to help the Fromes around the house. Ethan finds himself attracted to the lovely Mattie, and even considers having an affair while his wife is away from home. When Zeena returns and decides to send Mattie away, the two would-be lovers make a pact that ultimately ends i...

In this classic by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Age of Innocence, a mother's past complicates her daughter's future in 1920s New York.Trapped in an unhappy marriage with a controlling husband, Kate Clephane began an affair with a wealthy man, only to lose her daughter, Anne, and be exiled from New York society. Years later, after their entanglement has ended, Kate meets Chris Fenno in France. Although he is a much younger man, Chris is the love...