Works of Edith Wharton
Ethan Frome / The House of Mirth / Tales of Men and Ghosts
by Edith Wharton
Ethan Frome: Ethan Frome, a New England farmer, is torn between duty and his love for Mattie Silver. The house of mirth: Set among the elegant brownstones of New York City and opulent country houses like gracious Bellomont on the Hudson, the novel creates a satiric portrayal of what Wharton herself called "a society of irresponsible pleasure-seekers" with a precision comparable to that of Proust. And her brilliant and complex characterization of the doomed Lily Bart, whose stunning beauty and dependence on marriage for economic survival reduce her to a decorative object, becomes an incisive commentary on the nature and status of women in that society.
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Works of Edith Wharton: Ethan Frome / The House of Mirth / Tales of Men and Ghosts
1987, Avenel Books
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in English
- 1987 edition
0517628554 9780517628553
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Contains:
Ethan Frome
The house of mirth --
Tales of men and ghosts.
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