Edith Wharton’s inside knowledge of New York’s upper class is put to superb use in this exciting collection of her short stories set in and around New York. The collection is brilliantly and authentically narrated by multi award-winning narrator Carrington MacDuffie, an eight time Audie-award finalist. LIST OF STORIES IN ORDERA Cup of Cold WaterA JourneyThe ReckoningExpiationThe PortraitFull CircleAutres-TempsThe Long Run

Library of America presents the first volume in a landmark two-volume collector's edition of the incomparable stories of an American masterBorn into an upper-class New York family, Edith Wharton broke with convention and became a professional writer, earning an enduring place as the grande dame of American letters. This Library of America collection (along with its companion volume, Collected Stories: 1911–1937) presents the finest of Wharton's achievement...

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This early work by Edith Wharton was originally published in the early 20th century and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton Volume 1' is a collection of short stories that includes 'Kerfol', 'Mrs. Manstey's View', 'The Bolted Door', 'The Dilettante', and 'The House of the Dead Hand'. Edith Wharton was born in New York City in 1862. Wharton's first poems were published in Scribner's Magazine. In 1891, the same publica...

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Revisados y actualizados, contienen un índice de contenidos al inicio del libro que permite acceder a cada tíltulo de forma fácil y directa.El retrato de Dorian Gray por Oscar WildeMujercitas por Louisa May AlcottHombrecitos por Louisa May AlcottOrgullo y Prejuicio por Jane AustenPeter Pan por J.M. BarrieTrilogía de Caspak 1. La Tierra Olvidada por el Tiempo por Edgar Rice BurroughsTrilogía de Caspak...

Let’s be clear. We are all equal under the law. However, even in these more modern times that is not an absolute and still remains a distant ambition for many.In the days when Britain ruled the waves and bestrode the world as its policeman and plunderer in chief it also subjugated half of its own people to second class status. Women were chattel and property. There were some exceptions based on wealth and birthright but for the overwhelming majority your lot was to fall in with the...

This selection of stories relates the many experiences and complexities of womanhood; sometimes joyful, sometimes sad but always enriching. With stories by Edith Wharton, Katherine Mansfield and Elizabeth Gaskell – it includes Ladies in Lavender by William J. Locke, the inspiration for the film of the same name starring Judi Dench and Maggie Smith.Narrated by Harriet Walter, a popular British actress whose movie and tv credits include Atonement, Star Wars: The ...

‘A dime a dozen’ as known in America, is perhaps equal to the English ‘cheap as chips’ but whatever the lingua franca of your choice in this series we hereby submit ‘A Rhyme a Dozen’ as 12 poems on many given subjects that are a well-rounded gathering, maybe even an essential guide, from the knowing pens of classic poets and their beautifully spoken verse to the comfort of your ears.01 - A Rhyme A Dozen - 12 Poems, 12 Poets, 1 Topic - Paintings - An Introduction02 - Portrai...

During her lifetime, Edith Wharton was America's most popular and prolific writer. This book presents the unpublished writings of a canonical author, along with three stage-plays that open up a different field of Wharton studies. It also includes a general introduction, volume introductions, textual variants, headnotes and endnotes.

If you were looking for the Holy Bible of the horror anthologies, consider yourself lucky, because you just found it! Cosmic horror, supernatural events, ghost stories, weird fiction, mystical fantasies, occult narratives, this book plunges you into dark domains and brings you face to face with surreal monstrosities. This box set includes all the seven volumes of the collection.

‘A dime a dozen’ as known in America, is perhaps equal to the English ‘cheap as chips’ but whatever the lingua franca of your choice in this series we hereby submit ‘A Rhyme a Dozen’ as 12 poems on many given subjects that are a well-rounded gathering, maybe even an essential guide, from the knowing pens of classic poets and their beautifully spoken verse to the comfort of your ears.