the best short stories of edith wharton

The Best Short Stories of Edith Wharton

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Edith Wharton, PUBLISHER: Kessinger Publishing LLC, NA

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The House of Mirth

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Wharton, Edith, PUBLISHER: Createspace, Set among the glittering salons of Gilded Age New York, Edith Wharton's most popular novel is a moving indictment of a society whose soul-crushing limitations destroy a woman too spirited to be contained by them. The beautiful, much-desired Lily Bart has been raised to be one of the perfect wives of the wealthy upper class, but her drive and her spark of independent character prevent her from conforming sucessfully. Her desire for a comfortable life means that she will not marry for love without money, but her resistance to the rules of the social elite endangers her many marriage proposals and leads to a dramatic downward spiral into debt and dishonor. One of Edith Wharton's most bracing and nuanced portraits of the life of women in a hostile, highly ordered world, "The House of Mirth" unfolds with the force of classical tragedy.

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The Children

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Wharton, Edith, PUBLISHER: Scribner Book Company, A bestseller when it was first published in , Edith Wharton's "The Children" is a comic, bittersweet novel about the misadventures of a bachelor and a band of precocious children. The seven Wheater children, stepbrothers and stepsisters grown weary of being shuttled from parent to parent "like bundles," are eager for their parents' latest reconciliation to last. A chance meeting between the children and the solitary forty-six-year-old Martin Boyne leads to a series of unforgettable encounters. Among the colorful cast of characters are the Wheater adults, who play out their own comedy of marital errors; the flamboyant Marchioness of Wrench; and the vivacious fifteen-year-old Judith Wheater, who captures Martin's heart. With deft humor and touching drama, Wharton portrays a world of intrigues and infidelities, skewering the manners and mores of Americans abroad.

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Twilight of the Forest: Five Short Supernatural Stories By

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kallestad, Jan Andre, PUBLISHER: Outskirts Press, Five short stories of the supernatural often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones with an unexpected twist ending to each story.

Age of Innocence

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Wharton, Edith, PUBLISHER: Penguin Books, One of Edith Wharton's most famous novels--the first by a woman to win the Pulitzer Prize--exquisitely details a tragic struggle between love and responsibility in Gilded Age New York. Newland Archer, an aristocratic young lawyer, is engaged to the cloistered, beautiful May Welland. But when May's cousin Ellen arrives from Europe, fleeing her failed marriage to a Polish count, her worldly and independent nature intrigues and unsettles Archer. Trapped by his passionless relationship with May and the social conventions that forbid a relationship with the disgraced Ellen, Archer is torn between possibility and duty. Wharton's profound understanding of her characters' lives makes the triangle of Archer, May, and Ellen both urgent and poignant. An incisive look at the ways desire and emotion must negotiate the complex rules of society, "The Age of Innocence" is one of Wharton's most moving works.

The Secret of Success and Other Stories

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Zuber-Sharfstein, Chana / Mindel, Nissan / Kleinman, Zalman, PUBLISHER: Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch, More short stories for young children by the author of "The Call of the Shofar." The title story reveals how the unselfish generosity of on young man brought blessings of wealth and success to many generations of his descendants - the famous House of Rothschild. The theme of charity and kindness recurs in each of these charming tales.

Edith Wharton's Dialogue with Realism and Sentimental

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hoeller, Hildegard, PUBLISHER: University Press of Florida, Arguing against the prevailing view of Edith Wharton as a realist writer, Hildegard Hoeller opens up the Wharton canon by finding the "real" Wharton in the writer's sentimental voice and in her critique of realism. With this focus on a blind spot in Wharton criticism, Hoeller demonstrates that the celebrated American writer created a dialogue between the two literary traditions. Most analyses of Wharton's work describe her early triumph as a realist and then her decline in the s into sentimental fiction. Instead, Hoeller examines important sentimental moments in Wharton's "realist" masterpieces and finds realism in the sentimental "minor" work (including the undervalued novel, The Mother's Recompense). Hoeller shows that Wharton used the sentimental voice both to express the truth of female desire and to express her critique of male realism. In this, Wharton is shown to be fully in control of her art from the beginning to the end of her career. Using Wharton as a case study, Hoeller maintains that the ongoing argument about the value of American sentimental fiction could benefit by seriously considering sentimental aesthetics. Only then, she says, will the term sentimental cease to be a label for inferior, female, and popular fiction and become a serious literary concept. This innovative book will be of interest to scholars of 19th- and 20th-century American fiction as well as feminist scholars and those interested in the ongoing debate about the American literary canon.

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ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Laura Rattray, PUBLISHER: Pickering & amp Chatto Publishers Limited, NA

The Age of Innocence

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Wharton, Edith / Dover Thrift Editions, PUBLISHER: Dover Publications, Deeply moving study of the tyrannical and rigid requirements of New York high society in the late 19th century and the effect of those strictures on the lives of three people. Vividly characterized drama of affection thwarted by a man's sense of honor, family, and societal pressures. A long-time favorite with readers and critics alike.

The virago book of ghost stories- libro in inglese

Libro in lingua inglese in ottime condizioni- Ed. Virago, di R. Dalby. Collezioni di 31 storie di fantasmi di autori vari. Possibilita' di organizzare vendita di persona o tramite spedizione. Trama: Featuring stories by A.S. Byatt - Angela Carter - Lisa St Aubin de Teran - May Sinclair - Joan Aiken - Stella Gibbons - Edith Wharton - E.M. Delafield - Elizabeth Bowen - Ruth Rendell and many more. This collection gathers together deliciously chilling tales from the three highly-acclaimed volumes of Virago ghost stories. Here lost loves, past enmities and unwanted memories mingle with the inexplicable as unquiet souls return to repay kindnesses, settle scores and haunt the imagination. All of the writers demonstrate a subtle power to delight and chill at the same time as they explore the ghostly margins of the supernatural.

The Best Story

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Spinelli, Eileen / Wilsdorf, Anne, PUBLISHER: Dial Books, The best story is one that comes from the heart The library is having a contest for the best story, and the quirky narrator of this story just has to win that rollercoaster ride with her favorite author But what makes a story the best? Her brother Tim says the best stories have lots of action. Her father thinks the best stories are the funniest. And Aunt Jane tells her the best stories have to make people cry. A story that does all these things doesnat seem quite right, though, and the one thing the whole family can agree on is that the best story has to be your own. Anne Wilsdorfas hilarious illustrations perfectly capture this colorful family and their outrageous stories in Eileen Spinellias heartfelt tale about creativity and finding your own voice.

The Lagoon

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Conrad, Joseph, PUBLISHER: Creative Education, Do your students enjoy a good laugh? Do they like to be scared? Or do they just like a book with a happy ending? No matter what their taste, our Creative Short Stories series has the answer. We've taken some of the world's best stories from dark, musty anthologies and brought them into the light, giving them the individual attention they deserve. Each book in the series has been designed with today's young reader in mind. As the words come to life, students will develop a lasting appreciation for great literature. The humor of Mark Twain...the suspense of Edgar Allan Poe...the danger of Jack London...the sensitivity of Katherine Mansfield. Creative Short Stories has it all and will prove to be a welcome addition to any library.

Women of Words

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bukovinsky Teacher, Janet / Powell, Jenny, PUBLISHER: Running Press Book Publishers, "Women of Words" celebrates the best of women's writing from the last two centuries. Featuring 35 extraordinary writers, including Mary Wollstonecraft, Toni Morrison, Willa Cather, and Edith Wharton, this elegant treasury presents carefully selected excerpts from each woman's writings. A concise biography and original, full-color portrait accompany each profile.

Dubliners

James Joyce, Jeri Johnson Presents fifteen short stories that evoke the character and atmosphere of the Irish city at the turn of the century. (cod. I_)

The complete short stories

Oscar Wilde Wilde's short fiction includes such masterpieces as 'The Happy Prince', 'The Selfish Giant', 'Lord Arthur Savile's Crime' and 'The Canterville Ghost', as well as the daring narrative experiments of 'The Portrait of Mr. W. H.' and 'Poems in Pro (cod. I_)

Anton Chekhov

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bloom, Harold, PUBLISHER: Chelsea House Publications, -- User's guide -- Biography of the short story writer -- List of characters in each story -- Detailed thematic analysis of each short story -- Extracts from major critical essays that discuss important aspects of each work -- A complete bibliography of the writer's works -- A list of critical works about the short stories covered in the book -- An index of themes and ideas in the author's work

In Pursuit of Plants: Experiences of Nineteenth and Early

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Short, Philip / Short, P. S., PUBLISHER: Timber Press (OR), These accounts are a mix of adventure, images from a lost world, and stories of the practical problems of plant collecting.

Replay to Ancient Days: The Second Collection of Stories

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Harris, Wayne Arthur, PUBLISHER: iUniverse, More from the author of "Rewind To Ancient Times." This second collection of stories is full of surprises. Part one uncovers an array of poetic curios from the early days, as well as some from recent years. All deliver a concise and imaginative tale. Part two sends the reader into the realm of twelve fascinating, suspenseful, and startling short stories. Discover the magic. Relive the excitement in "Replay To Ancient Days."

Poseys Spurs: Only One Man Was Tough Enough to Wear

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Greagor, Howard / Greager, Howard E., PUBLISHER: Western Reflections Publishing Company, Howard Greager's collection of true short stories adds another valuable insight to western outlaw history. Howard Greager, who is the author of four other historical books, spent two years documenting and researching these new stories from the old West. Many of the stories from Posey's Spurs come directly from the families of the men involved.

Hell Is...

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Thomas, Pamela D., PUBLISHER: Xlibris Corporation, The(Hell is) is a series of books, short stories, based on the lives of people, who by choice Lived a life of continuous sins. These stories tell both the natural and spiritual side of Individual lives, and the destiny paths that were taken.LIFE CHANGING SPIRITUAL EYE OPENING REVELATION REVEALED

The After House

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Rinehart, Mary Roberts, PUBLISHER: G. K. Hall & Company, Mary Roberts Rinehart () was an American author of hundreds of short stories, poems, travelogues and special articles. Some of her very successful books and plays, such as "The Bat" () were adapted for movies. While many of her books were best-sellers, critics were most appreciative of her murder mysteries. She also coined the famous phrase "The butler did it."

Three Courses and a Dessert

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Clarke, William / Cruikshank, George, PUBLISHER: Nonsuch, "Three Courses and a Desser"t is a collection of humorous short stories with West Country, Irish, and legal settings (the "three courses") together with a more miscellaneous selection (the "dessert"). First published in , it is richly illustrated by the author in a style familiar to readers of "Oliver Twist," and includes a varied cast of characters who come vividly to life in the mind of the reader. These stories represent Cruikshank's biting satire at its best. Sometimes scandalous but always humorous, these stories are sure to delight a modern audience able to see in its allegories and allusions plenty that is still relevant to the social and political scene of today.

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