Edith Wharton / Lee Hermione.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.Edition: 1st U.S. edDescription: viii, 869 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0375400044 : HRD
  • 9780375400049
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 813/.52
LOC classification:
  • PS3545.H16 Z695 2007
Contents:
An American in Paris -- Making up -- Pussy Jones -- Italian backgrounds -- The Decoration of Houses -- The republic of letters -- Obligations -- The legend -- Friends in England -- Mme. Warthon -- L'Ame close -- La demanderesse -- Getting what you want -- Fighting France -- Une seconde patrie -- Pavillon/Chateau -- The Age of Innocence -- Jazz -- A private library -- All souls' -- Edith Wharton's family tree.
Summary: A critical biography of one of America's greatest writers describes Wharton's adventure-filled travels in Europe, the literary and artistic circles in which she lived and worked, her heroism during World War I, and the evolution of her writing.
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"This is a Borzoi Book"--T.p. verso.

Originally published: London : Chatto & Windus, c2007.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [765]-835) and index.

An American in Paris -- Making up -- Pussy Jones -- Italian backgrounds -- The Decoration of Houses -- The republic of letters -- Obligations -- The legend -- Friends in England -- Mme. Warthon -- L'Ame close -- La demanderesse -- Getting what you want -- Fighting France -- Une seconde patrie -- Pavillon/Chateau -- The Age of Innocence -- Jazz -- A private library -- All souls' -- Edith Wharton's family tree.

A critical biography of one of America's greatest writers describes Wharton's adventure-filled travels in Europe, the literary and artistic circles in which she lived and worked, her heroism during World War I, and the evolution of her writing.

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