| Edition |
1st U.S. ed. |
| Description |
viii, 869 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Note |
"This is a Borzoi Book"--T.p. verso. |
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Originally published: London : Chatto & Windus, c2007. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [765]-835) and index. |
| Summary |
Lee gives us a new Edith Wharton--tough, startlingly modern, as brilliant and complex as her fiction. Born in 1862, Wharton escaped the suffocating fate of the well-born female, traveled adventurously in Europe and eventually settled in France. She developed a forceful literary professionalism and thrived in a luminous society that included Bernard Berenson, Aldous Huxley and most famously Henry James, who here emerges more as peer than as master.--From publisher description. |
| Contents |
An American in Paris -- Making up -- Pussy Jones -- Italian backgrounds -- The Decoration of Houses -- The republic of letters -- Obligations -- The legend -- Friends in England -- Mme. Warthon -- L'Ame close -- La demanderesse -- Getting what you want -- Fighting France -- Une seconde patrie -- Pavillon/Chateau -- The Age of Innocence -- Jazz -- A private library -- All souls' -- Edith Wharton's family tree. |
| Subject |
Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937.
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Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
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Women intellectuals -- United States -- Biography.
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Americans -- France -- History -- 20th century.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- France.
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France -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
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| ISBN |
0375400044 |
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9780375400049 |
| Standard No. |
YDXCP 2527982 |
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NZ1 11350663 |
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AU@ 000040984424 |
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