Edith Wharton Audio
Edith Wharton was the first woman to be awarded a Pulitzer Prize for literature. The Age of Innocence, published in 1920 and currently available for audio download, garnered her the award. As a member of New York's upper class society, Edith was able to write her novel about the morals and lifestyle of the elite from the point of view of a person living within the very circle she portrayed in the book. The plot centers around the society marriage of Newland Archer to his suitable bride May, and the love he feels for her cousin Ellen, whose status as a divorcee is a source of scandal to her family.
Edith was herself a divorcee, having left her husband after 28 years of marriage to enjoy a relationship with her partner, a journalist for The Times. One of her more popular works, Ethan Frome, which is also available on audio download, began the author's theme of writing about loveless marriages and adultery. Another one of her most famous books available on audio download is The House Of Mirth and it is considered her first great novel. This novel of manners satirically covers the New York ruling class. Edith Wharton was a complex woman and author, educated and opinionated, and her works will appeal to a wide audience of readers (and listeners!).
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Set in the 1870s, The Buccaneers is about five wealthy American girls denied entry into New York Society because their parents' money is too new....
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Set in the wintry New England town named Starkfield at the turn of the 20th century, this novel tells the story of Ethan Frome as he seeks to escape his sickly wife Zeena for his young, beautiful cousin Mattie.
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In a world where "being things" was better than "doing things"; a world where heredity and family connections were the most important things of all; in an Age of Innocence, they broke all the rules.
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Eidth Wharthon and architect Odgen Codman discuss Victorian interior decoration and design. They denounce much of the Victorian practices and offer more practical and classical ways of decorating the interior of a house.
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Listen to Edith Wharton's classic novel The House of Mirth published in 1905. This novel of manners takes a look at the New York ruling class in the 1890s.
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The pathetic but perceptive Lewis Raycie is sent on a grand tour of Europe with instructions to collect great art....
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Edith Wharton's 1907 novella explores the milieu of Americans living abroad in Paris.
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Countess Olenska, separated from her European husband, returns to old New York society....
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When published in 1907, this novel about the lives of a wealthy mill owner, her socially progressive husband and friends caused a stir due to its treatment of drug abuse, mercy killing, divorce and second marriages.
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Accused of being the mistress of a wealthy married man, Lily must withdraw from society. She becomes a milliner, but finds life outside the hothouse unendurable....
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