Edith Wharton: 443 books

The third in the Modern Library's series of original compilations, The Raven and the Monkey's Paw is a collection of classic tales and poems to engage our fear-seeking senses. The beauty of these stories and poems lies in their readability: ideal for sharing aloud around the campfire or for a quick,...

This story collection includes: Kerfol, Mrs. Manstey's View, The Bolten Door, The Dilettante, The House of the Dead Hand, Afterward, The Fulness of Life, A Venetian Night's Entertainment, Xingu, The Verdict, and The Reckoning. According to Wikipedia: "Edith Wharton (January 24, 1862 - August 11, 1937)...

A Motor-Flight Through France written by Edith Wharton who was an American novelist, short storywriter, and designer. This book was published in 1908. And now republish in ebook format. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately...

« Faites New York ! », telle est l’injonction qu’adresse, dès 1902, Henry James, son mentor et ami, à Edith Wharton. Avec L’Âge de l’innocence, prix Pulitzer en 1921, la romancière y répond de façon magistrale en dressant le tableau évocateur, subtil et cruel, d’un monde disparu...

This book contains 350 short stories from 50 classic, prize-winning and noteworthy authors. Wisely chosen by the literary critic August Nemo for the book series 7 Best Short Stories, this omnibus contains the stories of the following writers: H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle, Katherine...

Best Authors -  Best Stories ------------------------------------------- The Best Short Stories - 4 AUTHORS Mark Twain , Louisa May Alcott , Laura E. Richards , T.S. Arthur , Herman Melville , George Ade , Kate Chopin , Harriet Beecher Stowe , Edith Wharton , Nathaniel Hawthorne , Edited by Ahmet Ünal ÇAM  

Sometimes you want to read in French. Sometimes you want to read in English. There’s a great option: bilingual books! Bilingual, or dual-language books, are books in which text appears side-by-side in both the target language and English. These are some of the French books to enjoy since you can...

Ten of the greatest authors of all time present their great works in the short story genre. A great compilation of tales for all tastes with the  great geniuses of literature in his most acclaimed works.  This selection specially chosen by the literary critic  August Nemo, contains the following...

A tale of the battle of the Marne in World War I. A young man's adventures and coming of age in the Marne, this tale describes how he became, by accident, a deserter, in a way. A short but very complex tale that only Edith Wharton could tell.

An unwed mother gives up her daughter so that the child can join New York City's fashionable society of the mid-1800s. Years later, on the eve of the girl's wedding, "Aunt" Charlotte's long-suppressed anguish surfaces.Edith Wharton was a master of the novella form, and this tale of a mother's tragic...

The Greatest Books of All Time Vol. 6 contains the following 10 Masterpieces : Dracula - Bram Stoker Kim - Rudyard Kipling *New Grub Street *- George Gissing Sister Carrie - Theodore Dreiser The Age of Innocence - Edith Wharton The Golden Bowl - Henry James The Red Badge of Courage - Stephen...

In Edith Wharton’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Age of Innocence, adapted by Coco Rousseau, the handsome, wealthy Newland Archer, a member of New York’s upper class, is caught in a web of a love triangle - not one he falls into, but one he creates. Is it the fair and innocent but superficial...

The House of Mirth (1905), by Edith Wharton, is a novel about New York socialite Lily Bart attempting to secure a husband and a place in rich society. It is one of the first novels of manners in American literature, and one of the first to openly explore how American Victorian society offered little social mobility for women.

Hailed by his famous contemporaries including Edith Wharton, H.G. Wells, Katherine Mansfield, Graham Greene, and Evelyn Waugh, who called him a "genius," William Gerhardi is one of the twentieth century's forgotten masters, and his lovely comedy Futility one of the century's neglected masterpieces. It...