Edith Wharton: 443 books

Im Herbst 1917 reiste Edith Wharton auf Einladung des französischen Generalresidenten durch Marokko. Kurz vor Ausbruch der Regenzeit sehen wir die erfolgreiche Roman- und Reiseschriftstellerin eilig, fast wie in einem Zeitraffer, das Land durchqueren, vom Mittelmeer bis zum Hohen Atlas, vom Atlantik...

Ten short stories by Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist Edith Wharton, including:The Bolted DoorHis Father's SonThe Daunt DianaThe DebtFull CircleThe LegendThe EyesThe Blond BeastAfterwardThe Letters

The best of ghost stories from Edith Wharton, including: The Bolted Door, His Father's Son, The Daunt Diana, The Debt, Full Circle, The Legend, The Eyes, The Blond Beast, Afterward, The Letters.

This collection includes: The Descent of Man, The Other Two, Expiation, The Lady's Maid's Bell, The Mission of Jane, The Reckoning, The Letter, The Dilettante, The Quicksand, and A Venetian Night's Entertainment. According to Wikipedia: "Edith Wharton (January 24, 1862 - August 11, 1937) was an American...

Brimming with romance and important social questions, Edith Wharton's novel The Fruit of the Tree offers something for everyone. The story expertly weaves themes of workers' rights, medical ethics, and end-of-life care into the framework of a conventional — but pulse-pounding — romantic entanglement.

Edith Wharton’s first novel chronicles the rise to power of Odo Valsecca, a young man who inherits a dukedom during the tumult of the French Revolution. Forced to choose between his liberal views and his family’s feudal tradition, his future is even more complicated by his love for his sweetheart Fulvia, a kidnapping, and a daring escape by sea.

Short collection of poetry. 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."

Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time Newland Archer saw little to envy in the marriages of his friends, yet he prided himself that in May Welland he had found the companion of his needs--tender and impressionable, with equal purity of mind and manners. The...

Chez les heureux du monde est un roman écrit par de la romancière américaine Edith Wharton (1862 – 1937). Ce drame psychologique est la première réussite romanesque de l’auteur, qui a été un grand succès de librairie. Résumé : Chez les heureux du monde suit les pérégrinations...

Le Bilan est une nouvelle écrite par la romancière américaine Edith Wharton (1862 – 1937). Ce livre numérique présente l'édition intégrale et comporte une table des matières dynamique. Il est parfaitement mise en page pour une lecture sur liseuse électronique.

Une nouvelle gothique dans la grande tradition. Une femme de chambre est envoyée en service dans une sinistre maison à la campagne. Edith Wharton, (1862 - 1937), est une romancière américaine.

Uno sguardo indietro è l’autobiografia di una donna impetuosa che racconta un’infanzia segnata da una rigida educazione e il suo diventare una scrittrice in grado di ironizzare sull’ipocrisia che dominava sul mondo in cui è cresciuta. Questo testo è la testimonianza della vita di Edith Wharton...

Originally published in 1929, Hudson River Bracketed is a late novel by Wharton that deals with a young aspiring writer, Vance Weston and his developing relationship with Halo Spear, a woman who takes the time to introduce Weston to the delights of literature. While the choice of characters gives away...

Originally published in 1910, Tales and Men and Ghosts is a collection of short stories connected, as the title suggests, by a pre-occupation with men and ghosts. That said, the ghostly aspect is on the whole muted, this isn't a Poe pastiche although of course, given Wharton's appreciation of the man,...