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A modern edition of Edith Wharton's classic story of the adventures of neglected children.

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed w...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed w...

EDITH WHARTON (1862-1937) was one of the most remarkable women of her time, and her immense commercial and critical success-most notably with her novel "The Age of Innocense" (1920), which won a Pulitzer Prize-have long overshadowed her small but distinguished body of supernatural fiction. Some of her finest fantastic and detective work (which oft times overlap) was first collected in 1909 in "Tales of Men and Ghosts". The psychological horror...

Edith Wharton (1862-1937) is best known for her penetrating novels about American society, such as The Age of Innocence and The House of Mirth. However, she was also fascinated by the supernatural, and this collection, first published in 1996, contains nine tales, each containing a different sort of horror but all equally chilling and beautifully written. Wharton's style is to lull her reader into a false sense of security by creating very det...

Considered by some to be her finest work, Edith Wharton's Summer created a sensation when first published in 1917, as it was one of the first novels to deal honestly with a young woman's sexual awakening.Summer is the story of Charity Royall, a child of mountain moonshiners adopted by a family in a poor New England town, who has a passionate love affair with Lucius Harney, an educated man from the city. Wharton broke the conventions of women's...

One of the first American novels to deal frankly with a young woman's sexual awakening, Summer shocked much of its early 20th-century audience, when it was first published in 1917. A groundbreaking study of society, nature, and human needs, this starkly simple work is a companion to Ethan Frome and is admittedly one of the author's favorites. Introduction by Candace Waid.

The Modern Library Torchbearers series features women who wrote on their own terms, with boldness, creativity, and a spirit of resistance. With an introduction by Jia Tolentino Ambitious and wholeheartedly materialistic, Undine Spragg is a beautiful heiress who sees men as a means to an end. New York millionaires and French aristocrats fall at her feet, but each conquest is merely a stepping-stone in Undine's quest for power and position-and i...

Ethan Frome, a poor, downtrodden New England farmer is trapped in a loveless marriage to his invalid wife, Zeena. His ambition and intelligence are oppressed by Zeena's cold, conniving character. When Zeena's young cousin Mattie arrives to help care for her, Ethan is immediately taken by Mattie's warm, vivacious personality. They fall desperately in love as he realizes how much is missing from his life and marriage. Tragically, their love is d...

Wharton's antiwar masterpiece, now once again available, probes the devastation of World War I on the home front. Interweaving her own experiences of the Great War with themes of parental and filial love, art and self-sacrifice, national loyalties and class privilege, Wharton tells an intimate and captivating story of war behind the lines.

Wharton's first literary success, set amid fashionable New York society, reveals the hypocrisy and destructive effects of the city's social circle on the character of Lily Bart. Impoverished but well-born, Lily must secure her future by acquiring a wealthy husband, but her downfall -- initiated by a romantic indiscretion -- results in gambling debts and social disasters.

By the author of 'The House of Mirth' and 'The Age of Innocence', this early but accomplished work by Edith Wharton, 'The Touchstone' is a tale of money and moral compromise, and foreshadows some of the best novels of her later life.

EDITH WHARTON (1862-1937) was one of the most remarkable women of her time, and her immense commercial and critical success-most notably with her novel "The Age of Innocense" (1920), which won a Pulitzer Prize-have long overshadowed her small but distinguished body of supernatural fiction. Some of her finest fantastic and detective work (which oft times overlap) was first collected in 1909 in "Tales of Men and Ghosts". The psychological horror...

A compelling psychological novel that explores whether moral character is inborn or shaped by environment. "A striking little book, striking in its simplicity and penetration, its passion and restraint."--"Times Literary Supplement

EDITH WHARTON (1862-1937) was one of the most remarkable women of her time, and her immense commercial and critical success--most notably with her novel "The Age of Innocence" (1920), which won a Pulitzer Prize--have long overshadowed her small but distinguished body of poetry. "ARTEMIS TO ACTAEON AND MORE: SELECTED VERSE" is a selection of poetry from early in her career.

These short works display Wharton's talent as a satirist "skilled at dissecting the elements of emotional subtleties, moral ambiguities, and the implications of social constrictions" (Cythina Griffin Wolfe, from the Introduction).