No Gifts from Chance: A Biography of Edith Wharton

No Gifts from Chance: A Biography of Edith Wharton
ISBN-10
0292702744
ISBN-13
9780292702745
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Pages
546
Language
English
Published
2004-03-01
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Author
Shari Benstock

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Praise for the first edition (published by Charles Scribner's Sons in 1994): "Here, at last, is Edith Wharton in all her power, her ambitions, and her angers. For the first time we have a biography using new material and allowing us to acclaim an accomplished though prejudiced woman, one who was against women's suffrage, who surrounded herself with famous men, yet was the author of insightful, feminist novels. Here is the truth, brilliantly recounted, compelling to read." —Carolyn G. Heilbrun, author ofWriting a Woman's Life "This may be the best-written biography of the [1990s]. Evocative, rich in new material, and always focused on Edith Wharton the woman, Benstock's way of telling the woman writer's story is superb. If we thought we knew the Wharton story before, this book proves us wrong." —Linda Wagner-Martin, author ofSylvia Plath: A Biography "It was indeed an age of innocence but it was also an age of experience. Shari Benstock's biography of Edith Wharton captures that world. Beautifully researched and impressively thorough, this new biography is especially interesting about Wharton's family and her relationships. It will benefit all students and lovers of her fiction." —Fred Kaplan, author ofHenry James: The Imagination of Genius "Shari Benstock's biography is quite simply the standard biography of Edith Wharton. This is true even though other excellent biographies preceded hers." —Carol J. Singley, author ofEdith Wharton: Matters of Mind and Spirit

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