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The brave escape of Edith Wharton :a biography /by Connie Nordhielm Wooldridge.

Collection Type

  • Books and periodicals

GUSN

GUSN-291017

Description

184 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm., This book examines the life and career of the American author, Edith Wharton.

Details

Descriptive Terms

Authors, American 20th century

Originator

Wooldridge, Connie Nordhielm.

Contents

Different -- Drawing-rooms are always tidy -- Ambition is a grievous fault -- Sunshine in the house -- New writer who counts -- A republic of the spirit -- Wych-hazel -- Storm and sorrow -- The worst of doing good -- I want to go home -- Afterword: the gist of me.

Publication

Boston : Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Description

184 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
This book examines the life and career of the American author, Edith Wharton.

Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 168-172), filmography (p. 172-173), and index.

ISBN

9780547236308 (hc)
0547236301 (hc)

Call Number

Stacks PS3545.H16 Z943 2010

Other People and Orgs

Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937
Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937.

Material Type

Juvenile literature.
Biography Juvenile literature.
Biography.

Variant Title

Edith Wharton

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