Edith Wharton (1862-1937) is a central figure in
American literature, a masterful chronicler of her age and prolific
writer in many modes. Her major works include The House of
Mirth (1905), Ethan Frome (1911), The Custom of
the Country (1913) and The Age of Innocence (1920),
for which she received the Pulitzer Prize, the first awarded to a
woman.
Maureen Howard, the editor of this volume, is the author of
numerous novels, including Grace Abounding, Expensive
Habits, and Natural History, all of which were nominated for
the PEN/Faulkner Award. She has taught at a number of American
universities, including Columbia, Princeton, Amherst, and Yale, and
was awarded the Academy Award in Literature by the American Academy
of Arts and Letters.
"Wharton's examinations of upper-class New York society were
rendered in effortless prose so subtle that many readers missed the
depth and breadth of her art. These two collections of short
fiction belong on the shelves of anyone who loves literature."
—Dallas Morning News
"A splendid and satisfying publication, and a landmark in the
history of Edith Wharton’s ever-shifting reputation." —New York
Review of Books
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