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Escritas con el singular estilo irónico de Edith Wharton, las cinco historias seleccionadas para esta colección son originales y cautivadoras. Impregnada de los convencionalismos del s. XX que aún son reconocibles en la actualidad, la vida de los protagonistas resulta funesta o divertida.Xingu es una satira mordaz sobre unas mujeres de clase alta que pertenecen a un club del libro solo para demostrarse unas a otras su superioridad intelectual. Pero la visita al club de una escritora desafia sus capacidades y propicia un desenlace de lo mas divertido. En La eleccion se desvela la sorpresa alarmante que le espera a una mujer atrapada en un matrimonio infeliz y en Los otros dos se cuenta la historia de un hombre recien casado que debe enfrentarse al pasado de sumujer en la forma de los dos exmaridos de esta. Para finalizar la coleccion, en Los ojos se narra la historia de un hombre cuyas decisiones y acciones lo persiguen hasta convertirse en la peor de sus pesadillas, mientras que en La casa de la mano muerta queda manifiesto cuan lejos puede llegar el poder que tiene un padre sobre su hija.Esta seleccion auna grandes temas de la narrativa de Wharton, como la presion social y familiar por actuar de un determinado modo o las dificultades que entrañan las relaciones matrimoniales, con la originalida...

In "The Fruit of the Tree," Edith Wharton weaves a complex narrative that explores the intricacies of love, morality, and the dichotomy of social class in the early 20th century. Centered around the passionate yet tumultuous relationship between an affluent industrialist and a devoted socialist, the novel delves into themes of guilt, personal sacrifice, and the constraints of societal expectations. Whartons literary style is characterized by her keen psychological insight and her lush, descriptive prose, which illuminate the inner lives of her characters while also reflecting the broader cultural milieu of post-Victorian America, marked by rapid industrial advancement and shifting social values. Edith Wharton, an acclaimed novelist and the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize, was deeply influenced by her privileged upbringing in New York City society and her first-hand observations of its limitations and contradictions. Her personal experiences with love and loss, coupled with her acute awareness of the changing American landscape, informed her critique of materialism and her exploration of moral complexity. Whartons perspective as a woman of her time provides readers with a nuanced depiction of the female experience within the constraints of a patriarchal society. "The Fruit of the Tree" is highly recommended for readers interested in classic literature that provocatively examines the intersection of personal desire and societal obligation. Whartons incisive character studies and her rich narrative style make this novel a captivating exploration of human nature, perfect for anyone seeking to understand the intricate dance between passion and responsibility.

A black comedy of manners about vast wealth and a woman who can define herself only through the perceptions of others. The beautiful Lily Bart lives among the nouveaux riches of New York City-people whose millions were made in railroads, shipping, land speculation, and banking. In this morally and aesthetically bankrupt world, Lily, age twenty-nine, seeks a husband who can satisfy her cravings for endless admiration and all the trappings of wealth. Her quest comes to a scandalous end when she is accused of being the mistress of a wealthy man. Exiled from her familiar world of artificial conventions, Lily finds life impossible. Lily Bart is the embodiment of woman as a passive creature, as the ultimate "consumer item." In her introduction, Cynthia Griffin Wolff relates the genesis of this character to the circumstances of Edith Wharton's own life.

Charity va ser portada de la Muntanya quan era petita. No conserva cap record de la seva vida anterior, a banda dels rumors vagues de la gent de North Dormer, un poble allunyat i perdut de tot i de tothom.Larribada de Lucius Harney, un jove arquitecte de la ciutat, un tedios dia destiu, descobrira a Charity la il·lusio de lamor i del desig, aixi com una realitat diferent a la que sempre havia viscut. Tot i aixo, la promesa del somni es veura molt aviat frustrada pel pes inevitable de la realitat i les seves vicissituds.

Landa eremuko herrixka batean gertatzen da istorioa, idazleak asmatutako Starkfield herrian, hain zuzen ere (Massachusetts). Maitasun istorio ezinezko bat kontatzen du, Ethan Frome gaztearen eta hura baino zenbait urte zaharragoa den Zeena gaixobera eta mesfidatiaren arteko ezkon bizitza ilauna abiapuntu hartuta. Senar-emazteek ez dute seme-alabarik eta Mattie Silver, Zeenaren lehengusina gaztea, etxean hartzen dute neskame, umezurtza baita. Hemen kontatzen den triangelua, beste norbaiten eskutan, erraz izan zitekeen melodrama bat edo maitasun istorio eskas bat. Whartonek, aldiz, balio literario handiko obra osatu zuen: atmosfera iradokitzaileak eta gozoak sortzen ditu hizkuntza zehatza eta zenbaitetan poesiatik hurbilekoa baliatuz, eta pertsonaiak, itxuraz soilak badira ere, nortasun handiz hornitzen ditu, introspekzio psikologiko nabarmenaz.

This ebook contains the complete works of Edith Wharton: 22 novels and novellas, 11 story collections with 85 stories, 2 collections of poetry, and 9 non-fiction books.The collection is sorted chronologically by literary genres. There are the usual inline tables of contents and links after each text/chapter to get back to the respective tables. An alphabetical index of stories is also provided. Dates of first publication can be found at the end of the stories.Contents:NOVELS.Fast and Loose.The Touchstone.The Valley of Decision.Sanctuary.The House of Mirth.Madame de Treymes.Fruit of the Tree.Ethan Frome.The Reef.The Custom of the Country.Summer.The Marne.The Age of Innocence.The Glimpses of the Moon.A Son at the Front.Old New York.The Mothers Recompense.Twilight Sleep.The Children.Hudson River Bracketed.The Gods Arrive.The Buccaneers.STORIES.The Greater Inclination: The Muses Tragedy, A Journey, The Pelican, Souls Belated, A Coward, The Twilight of the God, A Cup of Cold Water, The PortraitCrucial Instances: The Duchess at Prayer, The Angel at the Grave, The Recovery, Copy: A Dialogue, The Rembrandt, The Moving Finger, The ConfessionalThe Descent of Man, and Other Stories: The Descent of Man, The Other Two, Expiation, The Ladys Maids Bell, The Mission of Jane, The Reckoning, The Letter, The Dilettante, The Quicksand, A Venetian Nights EntertainmentThe Hermit and the Wild Woman, and Other Stories: The Hermit and the Wild Woman, The Last Asset, In Trust, The Pretext, The Verdict, The Pot-Boiler, The Best ManTales of Men and Ghosts: The Bolted Door, His Fathers Son, The Daunt Diana, The Debt, Full Circle, The Legend, The Eyes, The Blond Beast, Afterward, The LettersXingu, and Other Stories: Xingu, The Choice, Coming Home, The Triumph of Night, Kerfol, Autres Temps ..., The Long Run, Bunner SistersHere and Beyond: Miss Mary Pask, The Young Gentlemen, Bewitched, The Seed of the Faith, The Temperate Zone, Velvet Ear-PadsCertain People: Atrophy, A Bottle of Perrier, After Holbein, Dieu damour, The Refugees, Mr. JonesHuman Nature: Her Son, The Day of the Funeral, A Glimpse, Joy in the House, DiagnosisThe World Over: Charm Incorporated, Pomegranate Seed, Confession, Roman Fever, The Looking Glass, Duration11 Uncollected Stories: Mrs. Mansteys View, The Fulness of Life, The Lamp of Psyche, That Good May Come, The Valley of Childish Things, and Other Emblems, April Showers, The Line of Least Resistance, The House of the Dead Hand, The Introducers, Les Metteurs en Scene, Writing a War Story, All SoulsPOEMS.Artemis to Acton, and Other Verse.32 Uncollected Poems.NON-FICTION.The Decoration of Houses.Italian Villas and Their Gardens.Italian Backgrounds.A Motor-Flight through France.Fighting France from Dunkerque to BelportFrench Ways and Their Meaning.In Morocco.The Writing of Fiction.A Backward Glance.

Having begun my book with the statement that Morocco still lacks a guide-book, I should have wished to take a first step toward remedying that deficiency.But the conditions in which I travelled, though full of unexpected and picturesque opportunities, were not suited to leisurely study of the places visited. The time was limited by the approach of the rainy season, which puts an end to motoring over the treacherous trails of the Spanish zone. In 1918, owing to the watchfulness of German submarines in the Straits and along the northwest coast of Africa, the trip by sea from Marseilles to Casablanca, ordinarily so easy, was not to be made without much discomfort and loss of time. Once on board the steamer, passengers were often kept in port (without leave to land) for six or eight days; therefore for any one bound by a time-limit, as most war-workers were, it was necessary to travel[Pg viii] across country, and to be back at Tangier before the November rains. This left me only one month in which to visit Morocco from the Mediterranean to the High Atlas, and from the Atlantic to Fez, and even had there been a Djinns carpet to carry me, the multiplicity of impressions received would have made precise observation difficult.The next best thing to a Djinns carpet, a military motor, was at my disposal every morning; but war conditions imposed restrictions, and the wish to use the minimum of petrol often stood in the way of the second visit which alone makes it possible to carry away a definite and detailed impression...

"Undine Spragghow can you?" her mother wailed, raising a prematurely-wrinkled hand heavy with rings to defend the note which a languid "bell-boy" had just brought in.But her defence was as feeble as her protest, and she continued to smile on her visitor while Miss Spragg, with a turn of her quick young fingers, possessed herself of the missive and withdrew to the window to read it."I guess its meant for me," she merely threw over her shoulder at her mother."Did you EVER, Mrs. Heeny?" Mrs. Spragg murmured with deprecating pride.Mrs. Heeny, a stout professional-looking person in a waterproof, her rusty veil thrown back, and a shabby alligator bag at her feet, followed the mothers glance with good-humoured approval."I never met with a lovelier form," she agreed, answering the spirit rather than the letter of her hostesss enquiry.Mrs. Spragg and her visitor were enthroned in two heavy gilt armchairs in one of the private drawing-rooms of the Hotel Stentorian. The Spragg rooms were known as one of the Looey suites, and the drawing-room walls, above their wainscoting of highly-varnished mahogany, were hung with salmon-pink damask and adorned with oval portraits of Marie Antoinette and the Princess de Lamballe.

La mejor novela de Edith Wharton, autora de la excelente La edad de la Inocencia.

On a January evening of the early seventies, Christine Nilsson was singing in Faust at the Academy of Music in New York.Though there was already talk of the erection, in remote metropolitan distances "above the Forties," of a new Opera House which should compete in costliness and splendour with those of the great European capitals, the world of fashion was still content to reassemble every winter in the shabby red and gold boxes of the sociable old Academy. Conservatives cherished it for being small and inconvenient, and thus keeping out the "new people" whom New York was beginning to dread and yet be drawn to; and the sentimental clung to it for its historic associations, and the musical for its excellent acoustics, always so problematic a quality in halls built for the hearing of music.It was Madame Nilssons first appearance that winter, and what the daily press had already learned to describe as "an exceptionally brilliant audience" had gathered to hear her, transported through the slippery, snowy streets in private broughams, in the spacious family landau, or in the humbler but more convenient "Brown coupe."