Edith Wharton / Hermione Lee.

Edith Wharton / Hermione Lee.

By
Lee, Hermione.

Publication Date
2007-2008

Publication Information
London : Vintage,

Physical Description
853 p. : ill., ports.

Subject Term
Women novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
 
Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography.

Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary
This masterly new biography of Edith Wharton paints a portrait of a fiercely modern author, writing of sex, love, money and war - a woman of strong convictions and conflicting ambitions and desires. Delving into every aspect of her extraordinary life story, the book shows in fascinating detail how she worked and what lies at the heart of her magnificent and elegant works.

Language
English

ISBN
9780099763512


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