Newland Archer, heir to one of New York City's best families, is planning a proper marriage, a perfect product of New York society. One night he meets May's cousin, the Countess Ellen Olenska. This exotic and beautiful woman has returned to New York from Poland after a mysterious scandal. Newland becomes caught in a battle between duty and mystery, between tradition and the power of love."Newland felt more and more embarrassed. The men were all staring into the box where May was sitting between her mother and her aunt, he didn't recognise the lady in the strange dress, and he didn't know why everyone ... |
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Twenty four more remarkable short stories await you in this book - stories that you will never forget, or remember for a long time. Their secret is that each of them touches a string in your heart. Mythological or realistic, classical or modern, these tales will emerge unexpectedly in your mind to experience them again. Some of them will summon smiles, some will bring tears to your eyes, and others will make you want to be in love again. ... |
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With an introduction by Rachel Cusk. Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Edith Wharton's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, "The Age of Innocence", is both a poignant story of frustrated love and an extraordinarily vivid, delightfully satirical record of a vanished world. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition features an introduction by award-winning novelist, Rachel Cusk. As the scion of ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Lily Bart is twenty-nine, beautiful and charming. She has expensive tastes, loves to gamble and socializes with the wealthy upper-class families of New York. But her meagre finances are dwindling and her place in society is slipping away from her. Her only hope of security is to find a suitable husband. However, Lily has an independence of spirit that stands in the way of her committing to the suitors available to her. As her options diminish, her friends become her enemies and her situation grows increasing perilous. In "The House of Mirth", ... |
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Classic Short Stories by Trailblazing Women Edited by Harriet Sanders. ... All the stories in Standing Her Ground have been chosen to celebrate the skill, the passion and achievements of women writers spanning one hundred years of innovation. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. Edith Wharton was the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for literature. Writer and activist Alice Dunbar Nelson was an early adopter of the Harlem Renaissance ... |
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Първата жена писателка, получила наградата "Пулицър". ... Едит Уортън е писател и дизайнер, първата жена, носител на награда "Пулицър" за романа си "Невинни години". Родена през 1862 г. в Ню Йорк, тя прекарва по-голямата част от живота си в Европа, където се запознава с много известни писатели. Сред най-близките ѝ приятели са бележити личности като президента Теодор Рузвелт, писателите Скот Фицджерад, Джузеф Конрад, Хенри Джеймс. Уортън е личност разностранни интереси, светски човек, известна е с милосърдието и благотворителната си дейност по време на Първата световна война, за което ... |
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Коя жена не е способна да се отдаде на любов, която в действителност е илюзорна, фалшива и болезнена. ... Емблематичен роман от автора на "Невинни години" и "Итън Фром" и носител на награда "Пулицър". Сензационният за епохата си роман "Лято" представя проекцията на портрета на новата жена - жената, която брани емоциите си и плаща висока цена за любовта си. "Лято" е наситена с емоции история за злоупотребата с невинността и наивността, за предаденото доверие, страстта, надеждата и изоставянето, за разбитите илюзии на младостта и суровата реалност, която неизбежно ни ... |
