Works of Edith Wharton
Subtitle: Ethan Frome / The House of Mirth / Tales of Men and Ghosts
Edition: 1987 edition
Publisher: Avenel Books
Published: 1987
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780517628553
Copyright date: 1987
Description: Ethan Frome: Ethan Frome, a New England farmer, is torn between duty and his love for Mattie Silver. The house of mirth: Set among the elegant brownstones of New York City and opulent country houses like gracious Bellomont on the Hudson, the novel creates a satiric portrayal of what Wharton herself called "a society of irresponsible pleasure-seekers" with a precision comparable to that of Proust. And her brilliant and complex characterization of the doomed Lily Bart, whose stunning beauty and dependence on marriage for economic survival reduce her to a decorative object, becomes an incisive commentary on the nature and status of women in that society.
Table of contents: title: Ethan Frome --; title: The house of mirth --; title: Tales of men and ghosts.