In these elegant and devastating tales of deception, desire and social intrigue, Edith Wharton exposes the brittle veneer of civility that masks human ambition and longing. From the sunlit terraces of Rome to the drawing rooms of New York, Wharton’s... Zobraziť viac
The Penguin English Library Edition of The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton'It was characteristic of her that she always roused speculation,that her simplest acts seemed the result of far-reaching intentions'A searing, shocking tale of women as consumer... Zobraziť viac
Selected & Introduced by David Stuart Davies. Traumatised by ghost stories in her youth, Pulitzer Prize winning author Edith Wharton (1862 -1937) channelled her fear and obsession into creating a series of spine-tingling tales filled with spirits... Zobraziť viac
With this intensely moving short novel, Edith Wharton set out ‘to draw life as it really was’ in the lonely villages and desolate farms of the harsh New England mountains... Zobraziť viac
This luxurious hardback anthology brings together 15 classic ghost stories by some of the genre's most acclaimed writers, presented in a beautiful gift edition with gilded page edges... Zobraziť viac
Edith Wharton (1862–1937) wrote carefully structured fiction that probed the psychological and social elements guiding the behavior of her characters... Zobraziť viac
“Newland felt more and more embarrassed. The men were all staring into the box where May was sitting between her mother and her aunt, he didn’t recognise the lady in the strange dress, and... Zobraziť viac
A moving portrayal of the struggle between desire and duty in nineteenth-century New York high society... Zobraziť viac
An impoverished member of the privileged high society of old New York, Lily Bart is beautiful and socially agreeable, but she is almost thirty and still unmarried. Now she is keen to secure a wealthy husband to confirm her status, but the debts she... Zobraziť viac
Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from haunted New England to a sun-drenched Mediterranean island... Zobraziť viac
For the 150th anniversary of Edith Wharton’s birth: her three greatest novels in a couture-inspired deluxe edition featuring a new introduction by Jonathan Franzen... Zobraziť viac
'We can't behave like people in novels, though, can we?'... Zobraziť viac
In a society where people "dreaded scandal more than disease," passion was a force of ruin. Winner of the 1921 Pulitzer Prize, Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence is set amidst the pre-World War I "Golden Age" of upper-class society in New York and is... Zobraziť viac
Ethan Frome works his unproductive farm and struggles to maintain a bearable existence with his difficult, suspicious and hypochondriac wife, Zeena. But when Zeena's vivacious cousin enters their household as a 'hired girl',Ethan finds himself obsessed... Zobraziť viac
Edith Whartonová, držitelka prestižní Pulitzerovy ceny, je právem označována za první dámu americké strašidelné povídky. Její horové povídky jsou více o strachu - iracionálním a všudypřítomném - než o strašidlech... Zobraziť viac
Pokud byste se krásné Newyorčanky Lily Bartové zeptali, co vlastně od života chce, obrátila by k vám svůj okouzlující pohled, nadechla by se… a pak by se pravděpodobně zarazila. Její osud je totiž plný paradoxů: je půvabnější než všechny její vrstevnice.. Zobraziť viac
The intelligent and charming Newland Archer - a member of one of New York's most prominent families - is living the life that has always been expected of him: he is engaged to the beautiful and well-connected May Welland and understands the... 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
