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: Lily Bart ist jung, schön und ein gern gesehener Gast auf den gesellschaftlichen Events der New Yorker High Society. Doch mit dem Ruin ihrer Familie kann sie ihr Leben in den feinen Kreisen nur fortführen, wenn sie einen reichen Ehemann findet. Lily muss sich entscheiden: Will sie als bloßes Schmuckstück an der Seite eines Mannes Reichtum und Luxus - oder will sie ein Leben gemäß ihrer tatsächlichen Gefühle? Wie in 'Zeit der Unschuld' zeigt sich die Pulitzer-Preisträgerin Edith Wharton auch in ihrer 1905 erschienen Sozialsatire als kühle Beobachterin, die mit bitterböser Raffinesse die schillernden und oberflächlichen Kreise der Reichen und Schönen zerlegt. - Mit einer kompakten Biographie der Autorin. Schlagworte:FXD Belletristik: Themen, Stoffe, Motive: Liebe und Beziehungen Umfang: 486 S. ISBN: 978-3-15-961859-3
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.
Inhalt: Von der Grand Old Lady der amerikanischen Literatur (1862-1937) wurde diese Erzählung, die jetzt erstmals auf deutsch erscheint, schon 1931 verfasst. Sie handelt von der jungverheirateten (zweiten) Ehefrau eines New Yorker Rechtsanwalts, die hilflos mitansehen muss, wie ihr Mann durch geheimnisvolle Briefe beunruhigt und seine Liebe zu ihr gestört wird, bis hin zu dem Verdacht, dass die tote Vorgängerin ihr Unwesen treibt und bis zum ominösen Verschwinden des Mannes, mit dem die Geschichte endet. Eine intelligente Geistergeschichte, die der Autorin (wie der Verlag zurecht für sie wirbt) einen Platz zwischen Henry James und Daphne DuMaurier sichert, womit auch der potentielle Leserkreis bezeichnet sein dürfte.
Aus d. Engl. übers. Systematik: Zba Umfang: 80 S. Standort: WHAR ISBN: 978-3-596-10180-1
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 Innocence centers on an upper class couples impending marriage, and the introduction of a scandalous woman whose presence threatens their happiness. In an era before the advent of electric lights, telephones or motor vehicles, there exists a small cluster of aristocratic "old revolutionary stock" families that rule New Yorks social life. Under the rules of this society, "being things" is better than "doing things" and reputation and outward appearances come at the exclusion of everything else. In this Gilded Age, when Americas expansion and increased industrialism produce a group of newly wealthy robber barons and financiers, the patient, time-honored values of the old ruling class, and century, are giving way to the expediencies of the new. Caught at this cusp, a triangle of lovers, who must choose between the expectations of family and society, and the deepest yearnings of the heart. Newly engaged couple, Newland Archer, a young lawyer, and May Welland, a society debutante, are part of the old world, where the "right people" follow the "correct rules" and marry into "acceptable families." The arrival from Europe of Mays cousin, the Countess Ellen Olenska, complicates their union, as Ellens mysterious past threatens to cast a shadow of scandal over the newly betrothed couple. Newland Archer, at first critical of Ellens bohemian lifestyle, and her seemingly wilful ignorance of the rules and customs of his Old New York, is soon captivated by Ellens warmth, spirit, and her generous and loving heart. Will he cast off the life for which hes been groomed, or sacrifice happiness for duty and the greater good of the social order? (Summary by Brenda Dayne).Sprecher: Dayne, Brenda ; Dt. Ausg. u.d.T.: Wharton, Edith: Zeit der Unschuld Umfang: 741 Min.
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: Geld oder Liebe, Leidenschaft oder Pflicht? Der ehrgeizige New Yorker Anwalt Newland Archer muss sich entscheiden: Will er sein Leben mit May teilen, einer jungen Frau aus gutem Hause und wie geschaffen für sein berufliches Fortkommen? Oder steht er zu seinen Gefühlen für Mays Cousine Ellen, die im Begriff ist, gegen alle Konventionen zu verstoßen? Edith Wharton gelang mit dieser bewegenden Dreiecksbeziehung ein preisgekröntes Meisterwerk. Schlagworte:FBC Klassische Belletristik: allgemein und literarisch, FR Liebesromane, FYT Belletristik in Übersetzung Umfang: 400 S. ISBN: 978-3-641-16952-7
Inhalt: Eine Geschichte von Liebe, Leidenschaft und Entsagung vor dem Hintergrund der morbiden New Yorker Gesellschaft - in den 1870er Jahren - einer der großen Klassiker der amerikanischen Literatur der Pulitzer-Preisträgerin Edith WhartonNewland Archer, ein junger Anwalt aus der New Yorker High Society, verlobt sich klassenbewusst mit May . Als Mays Cousine Ellen nach einer gescheiterten Ehe mit einem europäischen Grafen nach New York zurückkehrt, verliebt sich Newland in die galante Gräfin. Der Vernunft gehorchend, unterwirft sich Newland jedoch dem Codex der Gesellschaft und opfert seine Liebe und sein Glück: Er nimmt den Auftrag von seiner Kanzlei an, Ellen von der Scheidung abzubringen und dringt auf eine schnelle Heirat mit May ... Schlagworte:FXS Belletristik: Themen, Stoffe, Motive: Soziales, FYT Belletristik in Übersetzung Umfang: 400 S. ISBN: 978-3-492-97971-9
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