In Matilde Serao's poignant novel, "The Desire of Life," the reader is immersed in the intricate tapestry of early 20th-century Italian society, characterized by its struggles and aspirations. The narrative unfolds through lush, evocative prose that brilliantly captures the nuances of desire, love, and ambition within a rapidly changing world. Serao utilizes rich symbolism and well-drawn characters to explore themes of social class, gender roles, and the quest for personal fulfillment, def...

This book offers a new sense of empowerment for the intimate partners of people living with serious health problems. Collinge draws on cutting-edge scientific research along with his experience counseling couples facing serious illness to offer a range of insights, strategies, and techniques that caregivers can utilize to promote their partners’ physical and emotional well-being—while also promoting their own.Topics include:• The importance of self-care for the caring partn...

This comprehensive sourcebook provides a systematic, unbiased comparison of the predominant medical traditions and presents, in an easy-to-understand format, everything a lay person needs to know to understand the differences, strengths, and limitations of each approach.

NOVELS.Fast and Loose.The Touchstone.The Valley of Decision.Sanctuary.The House of Mirth.Madame de Treymes.Fruit of the Tree.Ethan Frome.The Reef.The Custom of the Country.Summer.The Marne.The Age of Innocence.The Glimpses of the Moon.A Son at the Front.Old New York: False Dawn.Old New York: The Old Ma...

This collection was designed for optimal navigation on eReaders and other electronic devices. It is indexed alphabetically, chronologically and by category, making it easier to access individual books, stories and poems. This collection offers lower price, the convenience of a one-time download, and it reduces the clutter in your digital library. All books included in this collection feature a hyperlinked table of contents and footnotes. The collection is complimented by an author biograph...

️ Step into the elegant yet conflicted world of Edith Wharton, the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The Complete Works of Edith Wharton brings together her full body of novels, short stories, and writings that explore the complexities of love, class, ambition, and morality in the Gilded Age and beyond. With her sharp social insight and graceful prose, Wharton unveils the beauty—and the hidden costs—of wealth, privilege, and desire. ️ From intimate portraits of relatio...

Ebook comes with main table of contents and interlinked sub table of contents. Each chapter is clearly marked so user knows which book within the boxset is being read.The Novels.Fast and Loose.The Touchstone.The Valley of Decision.Sanctuary.The House of Mirth. (Illustrated)Madame de Treymes. (Illustrated)Fruit of the Tree. (Illustrated)Ethan Frome.

Memories and Vagaries have been out of print for long. Death was due to natural cause, and the few mourners who accompanied the book to the common grave of oblivion, have so far borne their loss with stubborn resignation. So have I, until the long-forgotten book was read to me the other day by a friendly voice. As I listened with a compassionate smile on my lips to these humble stories, I suddenly felt a pang in my heart, and I wished I could write to-day just such a book as this with all ...

Originally published in 1934, A Backward Glance is a memoir written by Wharton in her last years. The book dwells on Wharton's early and middle life leading up to and including her experiences during the First World War. The final chapter covers her life after the war, close on twenty years, emphasising a Mediterranean cruise and the unexpected death of her friend Geoffrey Scott. This is most certainly a writer's memoir rather than an autobiographical narrative. The writing itself is poise...

Is there something about aesthetic beauty that can soothe the soul of even the most troubled individual? That's the question at the center of Booth Tarkington's eminently entertaining short novel The Beautiful Lady. In the story, a down-on-his-luck Italian who is barely scraping by in Paris has his whole life turned upside down by a chance encounter with the enchanting temptress referred to in the book's title.

This volume contains four novels and a travelogue by Emily Post, the author of the famous "Etiquette book." The four novels included are: "The Flight of a Moth," "Woven in the Tapestry,", "The Title Market," and "The Eagle's Feather." The travelogue is entitled “By Motor to the Golden Gate.”While these works were written in the early twentieth century, they are still of interest today and are very much worth reading."The Flight of a Moth" describes the descent of a woman in...

This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘Transatlantic Sketches’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Complete Works of Henry James’.Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. The Delphi Classics edition of James includes original annotations and illustration...