Wharton: 570 books

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In this far-reaching literary history, John Wharton Lowe remakes the map of American culture by revealing the deep, persistent connections between the ideas and works produced by writers of the American South and the Caribbean. Lowe demonstrates that a tendency to separate literary canons by national...

Like most Wharton novels, The House of Mirth examines the conflict between rigid social expectation and personal desire. Lily Bart is adept at playing society's games, which expect her to achieve an advantageous marriage. Yet, torn between her desire for luxurious living and a relationship based on...

Unforgettable characters emerge from this vintage Herb Wharton collection which ranges from city to bush, from tall tales to amusing parables. There’s Rainbow Jack the opal digger; Dr Roo, who when the dingbats are upon him boxes his own shadow; and stockmen with nicknames such as Wild Duck, Grease...

In the title story, the “hermit” is a boy who witnessed the murder of his parents and sister. The trauma has shaped his life, but a new neighbor—the “wild woman”—is about to change his outlook. Wharton’s 1908 collection also includes “The Last Asset,” “In Trust,” “The Pretext,” “The Verdict,” “The Pot-Boiler,” and “The Best Man.”

Edith Wharton ( born Edith Newbold Jones, January 24, 1862 – August 11, 1937) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, short story writer, and designer. -wikipedia

Fruit Of The Tree by Edith Wharton.

"Brilliant and addictive!" Amazon reviewer. It wasn't the first time Bernie had woken up in a stranger's house with a sore head but it had been a while, and the​ ​stench of rot, an eerie silence, and the​ bloody ​head wound were​ ​all new.​ ​ Struggling to remember...

The best of ghost stories from Edith Wharton, including: The Bolted Door, His Father's Son, The Daunt Diana, The Debt, Full Circle, The Legend, The Eyes, The Blond Beast, Afterward, The Letters.

Originally published in 1916, but actually written in 1890, Bunner Sisters is a novella about social exclusion and deprivation. The sisters of the title, Anna Eliza and Evelina scrape a living from selling simple haberdashery items such as buttons, trims and ribbons. Their lives are mundane and in all...

In the title story, a refined ladies’ lunch club and its members’ pretensions to cultural understanding, come under Edith Wharton’s keen satiric eye. Also included in this 1916 collection are “Coming Home,” “Autres Temps,” “Kerfol,” “The Long Run,” “The Triumph of Night,” “The Choice,” and “Bunner Sisters.”

The Verdict, one of the most important works by Edith Wharton now in an epub3 AudioeBook version based on LibriVox audio and Project Gutenberg texts. Proudly brought to you for free by ReadBeyond

Sposi per un anno. Questo è il patto che Nick e Susy Lansing hanno stipulato: rimanere uniti nella buona sorte fino a quando il denaro dei regali di nozze e l’ospitalità degli amici permetterà loro di continuare la luna di miele. Poi, se una migliore occasione si presenterà a uno di loro, l’altro...