Old New York

  • Old New York: 4 novellas about historical NYC by Edith Wharton (False Dawn + The Old Maid + The Spark...
    By Edith Wharton

    Originally published in 1924 and long out of print, these tales are vintage Wharton, dealing boldly with such themes as infidelity, illegitimacy, jealousy, the class system, and the condition of women in society Included in this remarkable ...

  • Old New York
    By Edith Wharton

    The events in 'Old New York' are set in the same New York as Wharton’s 'The Age of Innocence', making this a prequel. In 'Old New York' Wharton once again explores the manners and morals of 19th century New York upper-class society.

  • Old New York
    By Edith Wharton

    The four short novels in this collection by the author of The Age of Innocence are set in the New York of the 1840s, '50s, '60s, and '70s, each one...

  • Old New York
    By Edith Wharton

    This valume reprints the orginal New York Times Book Review feature on Old New York, a piece that helps fix the stories in the contemporary critical landscape.

  • Old New York: Four Novellas
    By Edith Wharton

    Four novellas by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Age of Innocence respectively take place in New York during the 1840s, 1850s, 1860s, and 1870s, revealing the codes and customs that ruled society of the time. Reprint.

  • Old New York
    By Edith Wharton

    Set in the New York of the 1840s, and 50s, and 60s, and and 70s, the four short novels in this collection each reveal the tribal codes and customs that ruled society, portrayed with the keen style that is uniquely Edith Wharton and s.