This novel was written in 1913. It tells of Undine Spragg, a beautiful young woman from the Midwest who arrives in New York to seek her fortune. She achieves her...
This is the story of spoiled Undine Spragg, a vain heroine who rises from Dakota to New York to Paris, leaving behind a trail of broken promises on her quest for a place in the upper class.
Though the novel questions the assumptions and morals of 1870's New York society, it never devolves into an outright condemnation.
In this volume are brought together her six most acclaimed works: The Age of Innocence, Ethan Frome, The House of Mirth, Summer, The Custom of the Country and The Reef.
In her fearless stance before a hostile world , her assumption of an active rather than passive role in life , and , most important , in her courage in becoming more and more " herself " and less a type , the intruder is hardly a model ...
This carefully crafted ebook is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents and the following works: Afterward, The Age of Innocence, Artemis to Actaeon and Other Verses, Autres Temps…, Bunner Sisters, The ...
Edith Wharton's novels of manners seem to grow in stature as time passes.
Edith Wharton: Novels [The House of Mirth, The Reef. The Custom of the Country, and The Age of Innocence]. Ed. R. W. B. Lewis. New York: Library of America, 1985. The Edith Wharton Omnibus [The Age of Innocence, Ethan Frome, ...
It tells the story of Undine Spragg, a Midwestern girl who attempts to ascend in New York City society.The Spraggs, a family of midwesterners from the fictional city of Apex who have made money through somewhat shady financial dealings, ...
The Parvenu's Plot : Gender , Culture , and Class in the Age of Realism . Lebanon : University of New Hampshire Press , 2014 Fraiman , Susan . Extreme Domesticity : A View from the Margins . New York : Columbia University Press , 2017 .