Nous sommes au XIX è siécle à Starkfield, un village perdu dans la partie montagneuse du Massachusetts.C'est là que, Ethan Frome, homme de 52a...
Il Vizio Della Lettura
Traduzione e commenti a cura di Loredana de Michelis.Ne "Il vizio della lettura" di Edith Wharton, articolo scritto per North American Review nel 1903, la comunicazione...
Ethan Frome
"It seemed to Ethan that his heart was bound with cords which an unseen hand was tightening with every tick of the clock."Finding himself in the small town of Starkfield for the...
The Custom Of The Country
The Custom of the Country (1913) is a scathing critique of American upward mobility, as told through the journey of overindulged Undine Spragg. She moves from Apex City to New...
B. J. Harrison Reads The Eyes
"Phil, my dear boy, really -- what's the matter? Why don't you answer? Have you seen the eyes?"An older gentleman invites a group of friends over for dinner and to discuss the...
B. J. Harrison Reads The Descent Of Man
"I tell you there's nothing the public likes as much as convictions – they'll always follow a man who believes in his own ideas. And this book is just on the line of popular...
La Casa De La Alegría
«La casa de la alegría» fue la novela que consagró a Edith Wharton, saludada desde su publicación como un clásico norteamericano. Huérfana a los diecinueve años, Lily Bart...
The Reef
The Reef is a celebrated romance novel by American Edith Wharton. It tells the story of Anna Leath, a widow, and her former lover George Darrow. This sweeping romance is set in...
Kerfol
Kerfol by Edith Wharton. In Kerfol, Edith Wharton tells the story of Anne de Barrigan, a French woman who was accused of murdering her overbearing older husband. She claims to...
A Motor-flight Through France
A trailblazer among American women at the turn of the century, Edith Wharton set out in the newly invented "motor-car" to explore the cities and countryside of France....
