Edith Wharton

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  • The Age of Innocence; Summer; Madame de Treymes: Edith Wharton

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    The  Age of Innocence:  Newland Archer, smug and self-assured, is engaged to the lovely May Welland. Enter May's cousin, the exotic and Bohemian Ellen Olenska, and all of Archer's life-long beliefs and values are thrown into a tailspin.

    Summer: The passionate tale of Charity Royalle, which takes place in an impoverished, barren New England village.  Regarded as very shocking in 1916 and was Wharton's favourite book.

    Madame de Treymes: John Durham, a hopelessly-in-love and idealistic American, becomes entangled in the rigid and formidable code of the French aristocracy. Madame de Treymes, sister-in-law of his beloved Fanny de Malrive, appears to hold the key to the divorce that will give Fanny her freedom.

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  • The Ghost Stories Of Edith Wharton

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    Eleven spine chillers and thrillers: In this volume: The Lady's Maid's Bell: Alice, after recovering from an illness finds work with kindly Mrs Brympton, a semi-invalid. It seems to be a good job - but there is a vampirish energy about the house, and the cold, harsh, often-absent Mr Brympton seems to make it worse... The Eyes: A group of friends gather to exchange tales of the supernatural; Edwin's story is of his  personal experience of a monstrous pair of floating eyes, that visit him repeatedly in the dead of night. Afterward: An American couple seek to make their home in England - somewhere suitably rustic, and preferably with a ghost...Kerfol is the name of a ruined castle which a wealthy bachelor may yet buy - but a mysterious encounter prompts his research into its history. Bewitched: A young, in-love couple are separated  by her stern father. Years after her death, she returns to her first love....Mr. Jones: A woman inherits a long-abandoned estate, untenanted but for a few servants - and Mr Jones, the caretaker... Pomegranate Seed: Charlotte, Kenneth's second wife, tries to contend with the pall his late first wife Elsie continues to cast over their marriage...The Looking Glass: A tale of a shallow, society womans self-obsession with her beauty...the mirror cannot lie...or can it?All Souls: A woman who lives in a remote house with only her servants breaks her ankle - a nuisance! But then follow the most terrifying and mysterious 36 hours of her life... Cover art by Laura Duffy. Illustrated by Lazlo Kubinyi.
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