The old maid
Subtitle: the fifties
By: Edith Wharton ; introduction by Roxana Robinson ; notes by Jennifer Mooney.
Edition: Modern Library pbk. ed.
Publisher: Modern Library
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 108
Subjects: Illegitimate children -- Fiction; Mothers and daughters -- Fiction; Birthmothers -- Fiction; Single women -- Fiction; Weddings -- Fiction; Cousins -- Fiction; New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: "Originally serialized in The Red Book Magazine in 1922, The Old Maid is an examination of class and society as only Edith Wharton could undertake. The story follows the life of Tina, a young woman caught between the mother who adopted her - the beautiful, upstanding Delia - and her true mother, her plain, unmarried "aunt" Charlotte, who gave Tina up to provide her with a socially acceptable life. The three women live quietly together until Tina's wedding day, when Delia's and Charlotte's hidden jealousies rush to the surface."--Jacket.
Notes: "Reading group guide": p. [109]-[110].