Though best known for having written novels such as The Age of Innocence and The House of Mirth, American author Edith Wharton was also a master of the short story format. Regarded by many critics as her most accomplished collection of short tales, Crucial Instances brings together seven gripping and nuanced stories of the American upper glass in the Gilded Age.
Inhalt: Vergnügliche Satire auf die Luxusprobleme der oberen Zehntausend von New YorkDas New York der Roaring Twenties ist Schauplatz von Edith Whartons bösestem Roman. Klarsichtig und zum Schreien komisch porträtiert sie eine Gesellschaft, die mit lärmendem Partygetöse alle Sinnfragen übertönt. An mehr als einen leichten Dämmerschlaf ist hier nicht zu denken, denn wer schläft, sündigt nicht ? und ist damit nur fader Zaungast einer rauschhaft betriebsamen Welt.Den Stammplatz in New Yorks High Society zu behaupten ist ein aufreibender Fulltime-Job. Wer wüsste das besser als Pauline Manford? Diszipliniert unterwirft sie sich und das Leben «ihrer Lieben» dem Diktat der besseren Kreise. Trotzdem scheint der Verbleib in den schwindelnden Höhen der Wichtigkeit bedroht. Ist der «Mahatma», Paulines Entdeckung der letzten Saison, nun ein inspirierender Psychoguru oder ein Scharlatan mit einer Vorliebe für nacktes Fleisch? Wie lässt sich die Ehe von Paulines Sohn retten, dessen bildhübsche Frau gelangweilt von einer Karriere in Hollywood träumt? Immer schneller dreht sich für Pauline das Hamsterrad der gesellschaftlichen Verpflichtungen. Alles ist gut, solange der Terminkalender voll ist. Whartons Epochenporträt verrät verblüffende Parallelen zur heutigen Zeit.Neuübersetzung Schlagworte: FB Belletristik: allgemein und literarisch, FUP Satirische Romane und Parodie (fiktional), FXS Belletristik: Themen, Stoffe, Motive: Soziales, FYT Belletristik in Ãœbersetzung Umfang: 320 S. ISBN: 978-3-641-11374-2
Inhalt: Als er zufällig eine Anzeige im Spectator liest, erkennt Stephen Glennard darin den Weg, ein neues Leben zu beginnen und die Hand der schönen Alexa Trent zu gewinnen. In seinem Besitz befindet sich etwas von höchstem Wert: Briefe, die ihm die große verstorbene Autorin Margaret Aubyn vor Jahren geschrieben hat. Alles, was er tun muß, ist sein schlechtes Gewissen beruhigen und ihre Briefe gegen einen hohen Vorschuß einem Verlag anbieten.Die Publikation von Mrs Aubyns Briefen wird ein großer Erfolg, das Buch ein Bestseller und der Gesprächsstoff der gehobenen New Yorker Gesellschaft, zu der Glennards neu erworbener Reichtum ihm nun Zutritt verschafft. Die Faszination der Leser liegt in der Anonymität des Mannes, den Aubyn so geliebt hat. Schlagworte: F Belletristik und verwandte Gebiete, FB Belletristik: allgemein und literarisch Umfang: 200 S. ISBN: 978-3-908778-28-8
In the fictional New England town of Starkfield, an unnamed narrator is forced to stay at the home of Ethan Frome during a winter storm. He relates his encounter with Frome, "the most striking figure in Starkfield, he was but the ruin of a man, with a careless powerful look - in spite of a lameness checking each step like the jerk of a chain". When the beautiful cousin of Frome's bitter wife comes to help with housekeeping, Frome's attraction to her does not go unnoticed.
American novelist and designer Edith Wharton traveled to Morocco after the end of World War I. Morocco is her account of her time there as the guest of General Hubert Lyautey. Her account praises Lyautey and his wife and also the French administration of the country.
In novels like The Age of Innocence and The House of Mirth, Edith Wharton demonstrated a remarkable talent for exposing the dark underbelly of American high society. In Sanctuary, the tale of doomed marriage propped up by the protagonist's altruism, Wharton further explores the question of whether it is our nature or our upbringing that determines one's character and moral fiber.
A young girl from a rural New England town longs to escape her small community, but is unable to move beyond social restrictions and her own weaknesses of character. She meets a man by chance, who encourages the awakening of her sexuality. The ramifications of their relationship begin to unfold against a background of class and moral standards.
Inhalt: The Age of Innocenceis author Edith Wharton's 12th novel. It won the1921 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction,making it the first novel written by a woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and thus Wharton the first woman to win the prize. The story is set in upper-class New York City in the 1870s. The Age of Innocencecenters on an upper-class couple's impending marriage, and the introduction of a woman plagued by scandal whose presence threatens their happiness. Though the novel questions the assumptions and morals of 1870s New York society, it never devolves into an outright condemnation of the institution. In fact, Wharton considered this novel an 'apology' for her earlier novel, The House of Mirth, which was more brutal and critical. The novel is noted for Wharton's attention to detail and its accurate portrayal of how the 19th-century East CoastAmerican upper classlived,and the social tragedy of its plot. Wharton was 58 years old at publication; she had lived in that world and had seen it change dramatically by the end ofWorld War I. Umfang: 460 S. ISBN: 978-606-8846-01-9
The Age of Innocence is an intimate portrayal of East Coast American society in the 19th century—and the human lives that came into conflict with it. Newland Archer is heir to one of New York City's first families, and his bride-to-be is everything he ever hoped. Then his fiancee's older cousin leaves her European husband and appears in New York, where she refuses to conform to society and her family's wishes. Archer is at first angered and then intrigued by her. Their passionate relationship challenges everything he believes and ultimately suffers at the hands of society and family obligation.
The novel won the Pulitzer Prize; Wharton was the first woman to win it.
Can't get enough of the Gilded Age fast talkers, débutantes, and social climbers who populate Edith Wharton's exquisitely wrought novels? Fans of The House of Mirth and The Age of Innocence will love The Custom of the Country, which details country girl Undine Spragg's attempt to take a bite out of Big Apple high society.
Brimming with romance and important social questions, Edith Wharton's novel The Fruit of the Tree offers something for everyone. The story expertly weaves themes of workers' rights, medical ethics, and end-of-life care into the framework of a conventional—but pulse-pounding—romantic entanglement.
From the author that penned beloved literary classics such as The Age of Innocence and The House of Mirth comes The Glimpses of the Moon, the surprisingly funny tale of an unlikely romance that arises between newlyweds on an extended honeymoon who have married for convenience, rather than for love.
The House of Mirth is an uncompromising depiction of 19th-century New York society. Lily Bart is a society lady who is unwilling to marry for love, but equally unwilling to marry as society dictates. She sabotages every advantageous opportunity she receives, until her society friends begin to hasten her downfall for their own ends.
Though best remembered for her novels The Age of Innocence and The House of Mirth, Edith Wharton's 1912 novel The Reef ranks among her most critically acclaimed works. The book offers a piercingly insightful look into a complicated family dynamic that stems from the intertwined relationships of several generations of star-crossed lovers.
Stephen Glennard is in desperate need of money; his career is in ruins and he wants to marry his beautiful fiancee. He unearths the passionate love-letters written to him by the famous, now-deceased author Margaret Aubyn, and sells them, erasing only his name. He makes a fortune from the betrayal and begins his marriage from it.
The Touchstone was Edith Wharton's first published novella.
In her own lifetime, Edith Wharton's talents were often pigeonholed and downplayed as appealing to only a small audience of upper-crust society doyennes. Today, however, critics regard her as one of the most important writers of the early twentieth century, rivaling even luminaries such as Henry James in literary significance. In this novel, the author of such masterworks as The Age of Innocence takes aim at issues of religious dogmatism against the backdrop of 18th-century Italy.
Inhalt: Amerika um 1890. Das ländliche New England liegt tief verschneit. Prudence Rutledge bittet einige ihrer Nachbarn trotz des gefährlichen Wetters zu sich in ihr Farmhaus. Weder sie, noch ihren Mann Saul Rutledge, hat man seit längerem in Hemlock County gesehen. Was kann die als eigenbrötlerisch bekannte Frau bloß von ihren Nachbarn wollen...? Umfang: 64 Min. ISBN: 978-3-7857-4390-4
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