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1	Ethan Frome more books like this by Edith Wharton 'It was not so much his great height that marked him ...it was the careless powerful look that he had, in spite of a lameness checking each step like the jerk of a chain.' Set against the bleak winter landscape of New England, Ethan Frome tells the story of a poor farmer, lonely and downtrodden, his wife Zeena, and her cousin, the enchanting ... see all copies from £1.38! new only from £1.59! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	Age of Innocence more books like this by Edith Wharton 'They lived in a kind of hieroglyphic world, where the real thing was never said or done or even thought, but only represented by a set of arbitrary signs.' Edith Wharton's most famous novel, written immediately after the end of the First World War, is a brilliantly realized anatomy of New York society in the 1870s, the world in which she grew up, ... see all copies from £1.38! new only from £1.38! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	House of Mirth more books like this by Edith Wharton A literary sensation when it was published by Scribners in 1905, "The House of Mirth" quickly established Edith Wharton as the most important American woman of letters in the twentieth century. The first American novel to provide a devastatingly accurate portrait of New York's aristocracy, it is the story of the beautiful and beguiling Lily Bart ... see all copies from £1.38! new only from £1.54! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	Custom of the Country more books like this by Edith Wharton Edith Wharton's satiric anatomy of American society in the first decade of the twentieth century appeared in 1913; it both appalled and fascinated its first reviewers, and established her as a major novelist. The Saturday Review wrote that she had 'assembled as many detestable people as it is possible to pack between the covers of a six-hundred ... see all copies from £1.38! new only from £5.51! \| first editions
5	Summer more books like this by Edith Wharton A tale of forbidden sexual passion and thwarted dreams played out against the lush, summer backdrop of the Massachusetts Berkshires Edith Wharton called "Summer" her 'hot Ethan'. In their rural settings and their poor, uneducated protagonists, "Summer" (1916) and "Ethan Frome" represent a sharp departure from Wharton's familiar depictions of the ... see all copies from £1.38! new only from £4.40! \| first editions
6	The buccaneers more books like this by Edith Wharton Edith Wharton's last novel, set in the 1870s, tells of five American beauties whose riches are too nouveau to open the doors of New York society. They set off instead for London. Edith Wharton also wrote "The Age of Innocence", "The House of Mirth" and "Ethan Frome". see all copies from £1.38! new only from £6.10! \| first editions
7	Decoration of Houses more books like this by Edith Wharton The original text of The Decoration of Houses continues without revision as an authentic classic, perhaps the most important book of its kind ever published. Its carefully reasoned chapters on such aspects of house interiors as fireplaces, ceilings and floors, halls and stairs, are of the greatest value to professionals and serious amateurs ... see all copies from £5.92! new only from £14.86! \| first editions
8	Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton more books like this by Edith Wharton One might not expect a woman of Edith Wharton's literary stature to be a believer of ghost stories, much less be frightened by them, but as she admits in her postscript to this spine-tingling collection, .,."till I was twenty-seven or -eight, I could not sleep in the room with a book containing a ghost story." Once her fear was overcome, however, ... see all copies from £5.12! new only from £10.03! \| first editions
9	In Morocco more books like this by Edith Wharton In Morocco is Edith Wharton's classic account of her journey to Morocco in the final days of World War I. From Rabat and Fez to Moulay Idriss and Marrakech, Wharton explored the country and its people as research for this book, which she hoped (correctly) would prove invaluable to travellers following in her footsteps. Her descriptions of the ... see all copies from £2.76! new only from £5.70! \| first editions
10	The Age of Innocence more books like this by Wharton Edith Wharton THE AGE OF INNOCENCE is Edith Wharton's insider's look at New York society at a time when an address above 12th Street was considered the wild frontier. May Welland, demure and pretty, is born and bred to marry Newland Archer, a thoughtful barrister. He in turn loves the brazen, unconventional, and attractive Countess Ellen Olenska, who has left ... see all copies from £1.38! new only from £7.23! \| first editions
11 view cover	Old New York more books like this by Edith Wharton The four short novels in this collection by the author of "The Age of Innocence" are set in the New York of the 1840s, '50s, '60s, and '70s, each one revealing the tribal codes and customs that ruled society, portrayed with the keen style that is uniquely Edith Wharton's. Originally published in 1924 and long out of print, these tales are vintage ... see all copies from £2.16! new only from £6.83! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	Ethan Frome & Summer more books like this by Edith Wharton This book features two of Wharton's most famous novels -- "Ethan Frome and Summer" -- both set in dark, rigid New England far from Wharton's socialite New York. Ethan Frome is the story of a young man, trapped in an unfulfilling marriage to an ailing older woman. Yearning for his wife's orphaned cousin who has come to live on his isolated farm, ... see all copies from £2.05! new only from £7.46! \| first editions
13 view cover	Glimpses of the moon more books like this by Edith Wharton Set in the 1920s, "The Glimpses of the Moon" details the romantic misadventures of Nick Lansing and Susy Branch, a couple with the right connections but not much in the way of funds. They devise a shrewd bargain: they'll marry and spend a year or so sponging off their wealthy friends, honeymooning in their mansions and villas. As Susy explains, ... see all copies from £3.12! new only from £7.62! \| signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	Reef more books like this by Edith Wharton When "The Reef" appeared in 1912, reviewers found Edith Wharton's story of American expatriates in France sordid and even shocking; but Henry James considered it unequivocally her finest novel. Obliquely but intensely autobiographical, "The Reef" explores Wharton's ambivalent sense of both her newly adopted country and her unexpectedly awakened ... see all copies from £2.72! new only from £6.55! \| first editions
15 view cover	Children more books like this by Wharton On a cruise ship between Algiers and Venice Martin Boyne, a bachelor in his forties, befriends a band of ebullient, precocious children. The seven Wheater stepbrothers and sisters, grown weary of being shuttled between mother and father 'like bundles', are eager for their parents' latest reconciliation to last. They are kept together as a 'family' ... see all copies from £1.38! new only from £6.24! \| signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	The Mother's Recompense more books like this by Edith Wharton Considered shocking when it first appeared in 1925, this moving study of mother and daughter relations, of sexual mores, jealousy and exile, is reissued with an introduction by Hermione Lee. see all copies from £2.05! new only from £6.42! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	Twilight Sleep more books like this by Edith Wharton Out of print for several decades, here is Edith Wharton's superb satirical novel of the Jazz Age, a critically praised best-seller when it was first published in 1927. Sex, drugs, work, money, infatuation with the occult and spiritual healing -- these are the remarkably modern themes that animate "Twilight Sleep." The extended family of Mrs. ... see all copies from £6.62! new only from £8.61! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	Hudson River Bracketed more books like this by Edith Wharton Naive young writer, Vance Weston, convalescing by the Hudson River, meets Halo Spear and is fired by her passion for literature. They meet again, much later, and with her rich cultivated husband, Lewis Tarrant, she introduces him to New York's literary and artistic circles. see all copies from £1.38! new only from £11.61! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	Backward Glance more books like this by Wharton Wharton's fans, as well as readers eager to learn more about the literary, social, and historical forces that shaped this honored American author, are certain to be informed and entertained by this excellent self-portrait. 9 photos. see all copies from £2.28! new only from £8.61! \| first editions
20 view cover	Roman Fever & Other Stories more books like this by Edith Wharton A collection of beautifully-crafted short stories. They are set in Italy, France and America and are powerful portraits of women who live in 'the world of propriety' at the turn of the century. They tell of the emotions women feel: in love, in jealousy, when they long for children or seek independence - and when their passions lead them to ... see all copies from £1.38! new only from £7.22! \| first editions
21 view cover	Wharton Novels more books like this by Edith Wharton Wharton's nonfiction in this collection includes book reviews, introductions to editions of her own works, eulogies, and several incisive critical studies, including "The Vice of Reading"--which argues that reading is not a boring duty but an imaginative skill--"The Criticism of Fiction"--which defends French formalist fiction--and essays on ... see all copies from £14.76! new only from £19.18! \| first editions
22 view cover	The Fruit of the Tree more books like this by Edith Wharton Originally published in 1907, this little-known novel by Edith Wharton (1862-1937), the author of "The Age of Innocence" and "Ethan Frome", was considered controversial for its frank treatment of such issues as labour and industrial condition, drug addiction, mercy killing, desire, and divorce and second marriages. John Amherst, an idealistic ... see all copies from £5.00! new only from £9.15! \| signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	Ethan Frome and Other Short Stories more books like this by Edith Wharton, Mary Gordon (Introduction by) In addition to Ethan Frome, this Bantam Classic edition contains the novella The Touchstone and three short stories, "The Last Asset", "The Other Two", and "Xingu". see all copies from £5.20! new only from £5.20!
24 view cover	Italian Villas and Their Gardens more books like this by Edith Wharton }Struck by the magnificence of the Italian countryside from the time of her first sojourn there, our ranking novelist and lady of letters of the early 1900sa renowned connoisseurjoined forces with the foremost illustrator of the time to celebrate a subject that was dear to them both: the incomparable villas and gardens of Italy. Edith Wharton ... see all copies from £14.49! new only from £56.83! \| first editions
25 view cover	House of Mirth more books like this by Wharton Edith Wharton Published in 1905, Edith Wharton's first novel, THE HOUSE OF MIRTH, navigates the murky waters of class-bound courtship and marriage in turn-of-the-century upper-crust Manhattan. Ironic, sharp, and tragic, the novel follows beautiful, orphaned Lily Bart in her search for a rich husband--the only route open to her if she is to survive in a ... see all copies from £1.38! new only from £9.00! \| signed copies \| first editions

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