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Author
Series
Twayne's United States authors volume TUSAS 12
Publisher
Twayne Publishers
Pub. Date
[1962]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
1977
Language
English
Description
The mystery of how a wealthy New York socialite became a major American novelist is brilliantly explored in this fascinating critical biography, widely considered to be the most perceptive introduction to Edith Wharton's life and work. This new edition includes two chapters: one on Lily Bart and the lethal stereotypes of women on the nineteenth-century stage, and another on the way Wharton's own sensual awakening led from the frozen austerity of Ethan...
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