One of the titles in an exciting series of beloved, charming and spooky ghost stories, brought to life by legendary illustrator Seth... Zobraziť viac
Edith Wharton's most famous novel, written immediately after the end of the First World War, is a brilliantly realized anatomy of New York society in the 1870s. The charming Newland Archer is content to live within its constraints until he meets Ellen... Zobraziť viac
'If marriage was the slow life-long acquittal of a debt contracted in ignorance, then marriage was a crime against human nature.'... Zobraziť viac
Newland Archer, a successful and charming young lawyer conducts himself by the rules and standards of the polite, upper class New York society that he resides in. Happily engaged to the pretty and conventional May Welland, ... Zobraziť viac
Lily Bart is twenty-nine, beautiful, and charming. She has expensive tastes, loves to gamble, and socializes with the wealthy upper-class families of New York. But her meagre finances are dwindling and her place in society is slipping away from her... Zobraziť viac
Ve strhujícím dvoudílném románu americké klasičky Edith Whartonové - mimochodem vůbec první ženy, která získala Pulitzerovu cenu - před námi ožívá mistrně vykreslená plejáda postav, které prožívají svůj "americký sen" a touží po ukojení svých vášní... Zobraziť viac
Dvě krátke prózy významné americké prozaičky z přelomu století se odehrávají ve venkovském prostředí v Nové Anglii. Zobraziť viac
Newland Archer and May Welland are the perfect couple. He is a wealthy young lawyer and she is a lovely and sweet-natured girl. All seems set for success until the arrival of May's unconventional cousin Ellen Olenska, who returns from Europe without... Zobraziť viac
Edith Wharton's ghost stories whisper of passion, exile, and the things we cannot forgetIn an old Dorset house, a couple settle into a life of quiet comfort – until a presence makes itself felt. At a country gathering, a man is forced to confront a... Zobraziť viac
Enjoy Edith Wharton’s signature grace and insight in this sumptuous edition of the timeless Gilded Age story The Age of Innocence... Zobraziť viac
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Initially serialized in the Pictorial Review in 1920, The Age of Innocence is a stylistic and intimate portrayal of upper class life in New York City during the Gilded Age... Zobraziť viac
Widely regarded as one of Edith Wharton’s greatest achievements, The Age of Innocence is not only subtly satirical, but also a sometimes dark and disturbing comedy of manners in its exploration of the ‘eternal triangle’ of love... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language... Zobraziť viac
Edith Wharton's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Age of Innocence, is both a poignant story of frustrated love and an extraordinarily vivid, delightfully satirical record of a vanished world... Zobraziť viac
As the scion of one of New York's leading families, Newland Archer was born into a life of sumptuous privilege and strict duty. Though sensitive and intelligent, Archer respects the rigid social code of his class and plans to marry... Zobraziť viac
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics... Zobraziť viac
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. He looked at her hair and longed to touch it again, and to tell her that it smelt of the woods; but he had never learned to say such things’ ... Zobraziť viac
Set in the 1870s, Edith Wharton examines the American elite culture on the East Coast. Newland Archer is a lawyer and heir to one of New York City's most prominent families. He is arraigned to be married to May Welland... Zobraziť viac
The return of the beautiful Countess Olenska into the rigidly conventional society of New York sends reverberations throughout the upper reaches of society... Zobraziť viac
