Edith Wharton: 21 books in a single file

From New York to Europe, the apartments of the nouveau riche to ancient French estates, Edith Wharton tells the story of Undine Spragg, a girl from a Midwestern town with unquenchable social aspirations. Though Undine is narcissistic, pampered, and incredibly selfish, she is a beguiling heroine whose marital initiation into New York high society from its trade-wealthy fringes is only the beginning of her relentless ambitions. Wharton weaves an elaborate plot that renders a detailed depiction of upper class social behavior in the early twentieth century. By utilizing a character with inexorable greed in a novel of manners, she demonstrates some of the customs of a modern age and posits a surprising explanation for divorce and the social role of women, which still resonates for the modern reader today. (From Amazon).

The Age of Innocence centers on one society couple's impending marriage and the introduction of a scandalous woman whose presence threatens their happiness. Though the novel questions the assumptions and mores of turn of the century New York society, it never devolves into an outright condemnation of the institution. In fact, Wharton considered this novel an "apology" for the earlier, more brutal and critical, "The House of Mirth". Not to be overlooked is the author's attention to detailing the charms and customs of this caste. The novel is lauded for its accurate portrayal of how the nineteenth-century East Coast American upper class lived and this combined with the social tragedy earned Wharton a Pulitzer - the first Pulitzer awarded to a woman.

"SUMMER - Top Classic Novels" This edition included NEW illustrations + Free AudioBook Links + Clickable Table of Contents for both the list of included books and their respective chapters. Navigation couldn't be easier.

The text and chapters are perfectly set up to match the layout and feel of a physical copy, rather than being haphazardly thrown together for a quick release.

Summer is a novel by Edith Wharton published in 1917 by Charles Scribner's Sons. The story is one of only two novels to be set in New England by Wharton, who was best known for her portrayals of upper-class New York society. The novel details the sexual awakening of its protagonist, Charity Royall, and her cruel treatment by the father of her child, and shares many plot similarities with Wharton's better-known novel, Ethan Frome. Only moderately well received when originally published, Summer has had a resurgence in critical popularity since the 1960s.

Edith Wharton ( born Edith Newbold Jones, January 24, 1862 – August 11, 1937) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, short story writer, and designer.

Henry James, OM (15 April 1843 – 28 February 1916) was an American-born writer, regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism. He was the son of Henry James, Sr. and the brother of philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James. James alternated between America and Europe for the first 20 years of his life, after which he settled in England, becoming a British subject in 1915, one year before his death. He is primarily known for the series of novels in which he portrays the encounter of Americans with Europe and Europeans. His method of writing from the point of view of a character within a tale allows him to explore issues related to consciousness and perception, and his style in later works has been compared to impressionist painting. -wikipedia

54 works of Mark Twain
American author and humorist (1835-1910)

This ebook presents a collection of 54 works of Mark Twain. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected.

Table of Contents:
- 1601 Conversation as it was by the Social Fireside in the Time of the Tudors
- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
- A Dog's Tale
- A Double Barrelled Detective Story
- A Horse's Tale
- A Tramp Abroad
- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- Alonzo Fitz and Other Stories
- Chapters from My Autobiography
- Christian Science
- Editorial Wild Oats
- Essays on Paul Bourget
- Eve's Diary, Complete
- Extract from Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven
- Extracts from Adam's Diary, translated from the original ms.
- Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences
- Following the Equator
- Goldsmith's Friend Abroad Again
- How to Tell a Story and Other Essays
- In Defence of Harriet Shelley
- Is Shakespeare Dead
- Life on the Mississippi
- Mark Twain's Burlesque Autobiography
- Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 1 (1835-1866)
- Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 2 (1867-1875)
- Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 3 (1876-1885)
- Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 4 (1886-1900)
- Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 5 (1901-1906)
- Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 6 (1907-1910)
- Mark Twain's Speeches
- On the Decay of the Art of Lying
- Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc — Volume I
- Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc — Volume II
- Roughing It
- Sketches New and Old
- Some Rambling Notes of an Idle Excursion
- The 30,000 Dollar Bequest and Other Stories
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- The American Claimant
- The Curious Republic of Gondour, and Other Whimsical Sketches
- The Facts Concerning the Recent Carnival of Crime in Connecticut
- The Gilded Age
- The Innocents Abroad
- The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories
- The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg
- The Mysterious Stranger
- The Prince and the Pauper
- The Stolen White Elephant
- The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson
- The Treaty With China, its Provisions Explained
- Those Extraordinary Twins
- Tom Sawyer Abroad
- Tom Sawyer, Detective
- What Is Man and Other Essays

Edith Wharton ( born Edith Newbold Jones, January 24, 1862 – August 11, 1937) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, short story writer, and designer.
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