Publication

1977 - Ungar, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

29,500 words, Guess

Page Count

118 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more

Classifications

  • DDC813/.5/2
  • LCCPS3545.H16 Z692
  • LCCPS3545.H16Z/

Description

An introduction to the major works of Edith Wharton which opens with a description of the now extinct New York society in which she grew up and whose foibles and corruptability she later depicted in such novels as The age of innocence and The house of mirth. These two works and three others The custom of the country, The reef and Ethan Frome, probably her most famous novel, are discussed and analyzed in detail.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Modern literature monographs

Other Editions

  • Edith WhartonUngar1977-01-01

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