The House of Mirth (Illustrated Edition)
Fiction & Literature, Cultural Heritage, Classics, Literary
| Author: | Edith Wharton | ISBN: | 9781475307085 |
| Publisher: | Charles River Editors | Publication: | April 27, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Edith Wharton |
| ISBN: | 9781475307085 |
| Publisher: | Charles River Editors |
| Publication: | April 27, 2012 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
In 1921, the Pulitzer Prize was awarded to Edith Wharton for The Age of Innocence, making Wharton the first woman to win the prestigious honor. But Wharton, who wrote several novels, poems, and short stories, was far more than just a writer. Wharton was a well-regarded intellectual who could count among her friends great writers like Henry James, as well as Teddy Roosevelt and Sinclair Lewis. Wharton also had a famous meeting with F. Scott Fitzgerald. Wharton was also a designer who loved architecture, as evidenced by her cherished and famed residences on both sides of the Atlantic. This edition of Whartons The House of Mirth is specially formatted with a Table of Contents and is illustrated with over a dozen pictures of her.
In 1921, the Pulitzer Prize was awarded to Edith Wharton for The Age of Innocence, making Wharton the first woman to win the prestigious honor. But Wharton, who wrote several novels, poems, and short stories, was far more than just a writer. Wharton was a well-regarded intellectual who could count among her friends great writers like Henry James, as well as Teddy Roosevelt and Sinclair Lewis. Wharton also had a famous meeting with F. Scott Fitzgerald. Wharton was also a designer who loved architecture, as evidenced by her cherished and famed residences on both sides of the Atlantic. This edition of Whartons The House of Mirth is specially formatted with a Table of Contents and is illustrated with over a dozen pictures of her.
