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1914

Wharton Edith Title : The Age of Innocence
Author: Wharton Edith
Publisher: Canterbury Classics

In a society where people ?dreaded scandal more than disease,” passion was a force of ruin. Winner of the 1921 Pulitzer Prize, Edith Wharton’s The Age of Innocence is set amidst the pre-World War I ?Golden Age” of upper-class society in New York and is framed by society’s strict moral code. When soon-to-be-wed Newland Archer finds himself enraptured by his bride-to-be’s code-flouting cousin, he faces a turbulent battle between passion and social values. One of the great masterpieces in American literature, The Age of Innocence is now available as part of the Word Cloud Classics series, making it a chic and affordable addition to the libraries of literature lovers everywhere.

€ 13,40

Edith Wharton Title : In Morocco
Author: Edith Wharton
Publisher: INGRAM INTERNATIONAL INC


€ 8,40
2014

Wharton Edith; Mazzarelli P. (cur.) Title : Viaggio in Francia in automobile
Author: Wharton Edith; Mazzarelli P. (cur.)
Publisher: Ibis

Nel 1907, Edith Wharton fece questo rapido giro in Francia con il marito Teddy, utilizzando un'automobile Panhard. È forse la prima testimonianza di un viaggio del genere, un viaggio fatto con un mezzo più veloce di tutti quelli usati finora dagli scrittori di viaggio. Così, la più europea degli scrittori statunitensi ci presenta un punto di vista nuovo e diverso. La particolarità è proprio questa: all'inizio del novecento, Edith Wharton ci propone un nuovo sguardo, creato e, in un certo senso, condizionato dal mezzo utilizzato. Per lei, l'automobile diventa il modo per riconquistare l'avventura del viaggio, perché cancella le costrizioni e la promiscuità della ferrovia, il vincolo di orari fissi e di percorsi determinati.
€ 14,00     Scontato: € 13,30

Wharton Edith Title : La ricompensa di una madre
Author: Wharton Edith
Publisher: Elliot

Dopo aver trascorso un lungo periodo sulla costa francese insieme a una comunità di americani espatriati, Kate Clephane decide di tornare dopo molti anni dalla sua famiglia a New York, dove la buona società l'aveva messa al bando per aver abbandonato il marito e la figlia piccola. A desiderare il suo ritorno è la figlia Anne che vorrebbe la madre al suo fianco per le sue prossime nozze con Chris Fenno, eroe di guerra ma anche uomo senza particolari talenti e abile arrampicatore sociale. Le vere intenzioni di Chris nei confronti della figlia sono però l'ultima delle preoccupazioni di Kate, poiché in passato l'uomo è stato suo amante e lei sente di esserne ancora innamorata. Il dilemma morale della donna (confessare alla figlia il suo segreto o tacere?) e il dramma che ne deriverà riflettono i miti eterni di Edipo e Amleto e conducono a un finale che sorprese profondamente la morale dell'epoca. Uscito nel 1925, "La ricompensa di una madre" è uno degli ultimi romanzi di Edith Wharton.
€ 17,50

Wharton Edith Title : La casa della gioia
Author: Wharton Edith
Publisher: Neri Pozza

Nella New York dei primi anni del secolo scorso, Lily Bart vive tra i sontuosi ricevimenti dell'alta società, i viaggi all'estero e i soggiorni nelle residenze degli amici. Le sue uniche doti sono la bellezza e l'intelligenza, che usa per muoversi in un ambiente ipocrita di cui vuole ostinatamente far parte e nel quale spera di trovare marito. Un sentimento forte e contrastato la lega a Lawrence Selden, giovane avvocato che vive del suo lavoro: Lily sa bene che non rinuncerebbe mai agli agi tra cui è cresciuta e che è stata educata a desiderare, tuttavia non riesce a staccarsi da lui. Inorridita dalla prospettiva della povertà, tenta di conquistare il rampollo di una celebre dinastia, ospite come lei di amici comuni, ed è allora che la parabola disegnata dalla sua vita tocca il culmine per poi iniziare un'inesorabile discesa. Incapace di vivere della rendita mensile che le passa la zia, la giovane donna si indebita al tavolo da gioco e chiede in prestito una consistente somma di denaro. La sua bellezza diventa arma di ricatto per gli uomini e motivo di cieca gelosia per le donne. Nel momento più tragico della sua vita, tuttavia, Lily acquista di colpo lo spessore di una figura eroica: la rettitudine e l'integrità morale, un tempo apparentemente insospettabili, le impediscono di vendersi al miglior offerente. Introduzione di Benedetta Bini.
€ 12,90
2013

Wharton Edith Title : La casa della gioia
Author: Wharton Edith
Publisher: Neri Pozza


€ 12,90
1913

Wharton Edith, Berneis Susie (NRT) Title : The House of Mirth
Author: Wharton Edith, Berneis Susie (NRT)
Publisher: Dreamscape Media Llc

Lily Bart enjoys an equitable standing within the New York City elite. Although she desires a comfortable life and has received generous proposals from wealthy suitors, Lily remains single with hope for an honest and loving marriage. However, her life takes an unexpected twist when a nasty bit of gossip instigates her long descent down the social ladder. With her reputation plummeting, Lily escapes the city by joining an acquaintance on a European cruise. But this, too, causes irreparable damage to her reputation, and soon Lily finds herself disowned and friendless.

€ 36,10

Wharton Edith Title : The Age of Innocence
Author: Wharton Edith
Publisher: Dreamscape Media Llc


€ 25,50

Edith Wharton Title : Touchstone
Author: Edith Wharton
Publisher: INGRAM INTERNATIONAL INC


€ 9,30

Wharton Edith, Fields Anna (NRT) Title : The Glimpses of the Moon (CD Audiobook)
Author: Wharton Edith, Fields Anna (NRT)
Publisher: Blackstone Audio Inc


€ 27,70

Wharton Edith, Conlin Grace (NRT) Title : The Touchstone (CD Audiobook)
Author: Wharton Edith, Conlin Grace (NRT)
Publisher: Blackstone Audio Inc


€ 17,00

Wharton Edith, Underwood Kristen (NRT) Title : The Reef (CD Audiobook)
Author: Wharton Edith, Underwood Kristen (NRT)
Publisher: Blackstone Audio Inc


€ 27,70

Wharton Edith, Fields Anna (NRT) Title : Madame de Treymes and Two Novellas (CD Audiobook)
Author: Wharton Edith, Fields Anna (NRT)
Publisher: Blackstone Audio Inc


€ 27,10

Wharton Edith, Singley Carol (EDT) Title : Ethan Frome
Author: Wharton Edith, Singley Carol (EDT)
Publisher: Broadview Pr

Of her twenty-five novels and novellas, Ethan Frome is the one of which Edith Wharton was most proud. In the novel, young Ethan Frome marries Zeena Pierce, who is seven years his senior, after she nurses Ethan's mother through a terminal illness. When Zeena also turns sickly, she invites her cousin Mattie Silver to live in and help with household chores. Ethan and Mattie fall in love, and Zeena, aware of their attraction, decides to send Mattie away. A desperate Ethan cannot bear the thought of letting Mattie go, but neither can he escape with her. The couple decide upon a course of action designed to ensure that they remain together, but the plan falters and all three characters are left to suffer its nightmarish consequences.Historically viewed as a high society writer or novelist of manners, Wharton is now receiving her due as an astute chronicler and critic of American life who brought literary realism to new levels and helped to usher in a new period of modernist innovation. This Broadview Edition demonstrates that Ethan Frome is not an anomaly in Wharton's career, but a natural outgrowth of her interest in the interplay of individual and society.
€ 15,40

Wharton Edith, Hebert C. M. (NRT) Title : Ethan Frome (CD Audiobook)
Author: Wharton Edith, Hebert C. M. (NRT)
Publisher: Blackstone Audio Inc


€ 17,20
2013

Wharton Edith Title : Uno sguardo indietro. Autobiografia
Author: Wharton Edith
Publisher: Eir

Questo libro è la vivida auto-confessione dei due mondi abitati dalla Wharton donna-scrittrice; la realtà degli incontri con amici e vicini - nei chiassosi viaggi in automobile alla ricerca di "aria da respirare" - cammina fianco a fianco con la dimensione dell'altrove, quella in cui i personaggi dell'autrice si muovono, parlano, accolgono la luce della nascita già pregni del proprio nome, lo stesso luogo edificato dalla voce di Edith bambina che legge storie a se stessa con il libro capovolto. L'attimo fuggente in cui le creature dei suoi romanzi compaiono, muovendosi "come sciami di api", respira all'unisono con il ricordo del passato incastonato in un tempo di odori e visioni naturalmente eleganti, di balli ed indimenticati squarci d'Europa, come quello della trasteverina che danza dinanzi ad una locanda col sottofondo di un pifferaio o l'insistente profumo di viole avvertito in certe giornate di sole italiane. La trama è tessuta su un imprescindibile valore dato al rapporto umano, all'amicizia intimamente sacra, quella capace di scardinare la propria anima per proiettarla in un altro individuo: ciò che alla Wharton accadde con Henry James. L'ombra delicata di questo scrittore percorre, infatti, tutte le pagine dell'autobiografia; sembrerà alla fine, anche a noi, d'averlo sentito cantare Remembrance di Emily Bronté, d'aver visto il suo sguardo mentre con forza ci toglie un libro di mano.
€ 20,00

Wharton Edith Title : La casa della gioia
Author: Wharton Edith
Publisher: Eir

Pubblicato per la prima volta nel 1905, "La casa della gioia" è un romanzo intenso che con cinica ironia e grande finezza psicologica smaschera le ipocrisie e il vacuo egocentrismo della nuova aristocrazia del denaro e della finanza nell'America del primo Novecento. Edith Wharton racconta il New England di Wall Street attraverso la vicenda di Lily Bart, giovane donna, orfana di una ricca famiglia caduta in disgrazia, che cerca di ritagliarsi un posto nel bel mondo. Abituata dalla prodigalità della madre a un'esistenza agiata e sontuosa, Lily si ritrova appena diciottenne in balia dei capricci di una ricca zia che non ha a cuore il suo futuro e dal cui giogo economico può sperare di emanciparsi solo attraverso un matrimonio di convenienza. Tuttavia, incapace di arrendersi a compromessi che sente estranei al suo spirito, la giovane rifiuta ogni proposta, ritrovandosi sempre più dipendente da amici e corteggiatori per mantenere il proprio stile di vita. La progressiva rovina di Lily, prima esposta come una raffinata attrazione ai ricevimenti mondani, poi vittima della maldicenza ed emarginata da quello stesso ambiente che l'aveva accolta, fornisce alla Wharton l'occasione di svelare con acume e intelligenza come la casa della gioia, che alletta con le sue mura dorate e la promessa di una vita comoda, inghiotta e consumi crudelmente i suoi abitanti.
€ 24,00

Wharton Edith; Manuppelli N. (cur.) Title : Il ritorno a casa
Author: Wharton Edith; Manuppelli N. (cur.)
Publisher: Mattioli 1885

Mai tradotto prima, il testo è la narrazione di un incontro fra l'autrice e un infermiere degli American Relief Corps. Una testimonianza in cui "frammenti di esperienza che parevano brandelli di carne mandati in aria dalle granate (...) cominciano a collegarsi tra loro e dai campi di battaglia riemergono le ossa rotte della Storia". Un documento inedito, che arriva nelle librerie a un secolo di distanza dall'orrore dei campi di battaglia di un'Europa e di una Francia devastata.
€ 10,90     Scontato: € 10,36
1912

Wharton Edith, Conlin Grace (NRT) Title : The Custom of the Country (CD Audiobook)
Author: Wharton Edith, Conlin Grace (NRT)
Publisher: Blackstone Audio Inc


€ 105,30

Wharton Edith, Conlin Grace (NRT) Title : The Custom of the Country (CD Audiobook)
Author: Wharton Edith, Conlin Grace (NRT)
Publisher: Blackstone Audio Inc


€ 26,80

Wharton Edith, Conlin Grace (NRT) Title : The Custom of the Country (CD Audiobook)
Author: Wharton Edith, Conlin Grace (NRT)
Publisher: Blackstone Audio Inc

Undine Spragg, selfish and spoiled, determines to gain admittance into turn-of-the-century New York society.
€ 28,10

Wharton Edith, Schriber Mary Suzanne (INT) Title : A Motor-Flight Through France
Author: Wharton Edith, Schriber Mary Suzanne (INT)
Publisher: Northern Illinois Univ Pr

Shedding the constraints that existed for women in turn-of-the-century America, Edith Wharton set out in the newly invented "motor-car" to explore the cities and countryside of France. Originally published in 1908, A Motor-Flight Through France is considered by many to be the very best of Wharton’s outstanding travel writings.
While Wharton’s novels are darkly funny and deliciously catty, and her short stories are populated by adulterers, murderers, and artists, A Motor-Flight Through France captures all of the riches and charm of France during the Belle Époque in gorgeous, romantic prose. Like many Americans, Wharton was utterly beguiled by France at the dawn of the twentieth century, and in this volume her brilliant sketches of "l’Hexagone" provide an enchanting and indelible portrait of the land during this era. But Wharton’s travelogue is as much about the thrill of travel as it is about place. With the automobile in its infancy, Wharton was experiencing the countryside as few people ever had, liberated from the ugliness of train yards and the constraints of passage by rail. “The motor-car has restored the romance of travel,” she wrote, and readers of this wonderful book will be grateful to experience it through her eyes.


€ 17,90

Edith Wharton Title : Ethan Frome
Author: Edith Wharton
Publisher: PENGUIN GROUP


€ 5,90

Gerhardie William, Wharton Edith (FRW) Title : Futility
Author: Gerhardie William, Wharton Edith (FRW)
Publisher: Melville House Pub

Hailed by his famous contemporaries including Edith Wharton, H.G. Wells, Katherine Mansfield, Graham Greene, and Evelyn Waugh, who called him a "genius," William Gerhardi is one of the twentieth century's forgotten masters, and his lovely comedy Futility one of the century's neglected masterpieces.

It tells the story of someone very similar to Gerhardi himself: a young Englishman raised in Russia who returns to St. Petersburg and falls in love with the daughter of a hilariously dysfunctional family--all played out with the armies of the Russian Revolution marching back and forth outside the parlor window.

Part British romantic comedy, part Russian social realism, and with a large cast of memorable characters, this astoundingly funny and poignant novel is the tale of people persisting in love and hope despite the odds.
€ 13,40

Wharton Edith, Fields Anna (NRT) Title : The House of Mirth (CD Audiobook)
Author: Wharton Edith, Fields Anna (NRT)
Publisher: Blackstone Audio Inc


€ 29,80

Wharton Edith Title : The Custom of the Country
Author: Wharton Edith
Publisher: Vintage Books

Edith Wharton's lacerating satire on marriage and materialism in turn-of-the-century New York features her most selfish, ruthless, and irresistibly outrageous female character.
 
Undine Spragg is an exquisitely beautiful but ferociously acquisitive young woman from the Midwest who comes to New York to seek her fortune. She achieves her social ambitions—but only at the highest cost to her family, her admirers, and her several husbands. Wharton lavished on Undine an imaginative energy that suggests she was as fascinated as she was appalled by the alluring monster she had created. It is the complexity of her attitude that makes The Custom of the Country—with its rich social and emotional detail and its headlong narrative power—one of the most fully realized and resonant of her works.


€ 10,70

Wharton Edith, Hill Dick (NRT) Title : The Age of Innocence (CD Audiobook)
Author: Wharton Edith, Hill Dick (NRT)
Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Newland Archer is a young lawyer, a member of New York's high society, and engaged to be married to May Welland.

Countess Ellen Olenska is May's cousin, and wants a divorce from the Polish nobleman she married. Intelligent and beautiful, she comes back to New York where she tries to fit into the high society life she had before her marriage. Her family and former friends, however, are shocked by the idea of divorce within their social circle, and she finds herself snubbed by her own class.

Ellen and Newland fall in love and must choose between passion and conventions.


€ 13,90

Wharton Edith Title : The Age of Innocence
Author: Wharton Edith
Publisher: Vintage Books

One of Edith Wharton's most famous novels—the first by a woman to win the Pulitzer Prize—exquisitely details a tragic struggle between love and responsibility in Gilded Age New York.
 
Newland Archer, an aristocratic young lawyer, is engaged to the cloistered, beautiful May Welland. But when May's cousin Ellen arrives from Europe, fleeing her failed marriage to a Polish count, her worldly and independent nature intrigues and unsettles Archer. Trapped by his passionless relationship with May and the social conventions that forbid a relationship with the disgraced Ellen, Archer is torn between possibility and duty. Wharton's profound understanding of her characters' lives makes the triangle of Archer, May, and Ellen both urgent and poignant. An incisive look at the ways desire and emotion must negotiate the complex rules of society, The Age of Innocence is one of Wharton's most moving works.


€ 9,80

Wharton Edith Title : Ethan Frome
Author: Wharton Edith
Publisher: Vintage Books

Edith Wharton's most widely read work is a tightly constructed and almost unbearably heartbreaking story of forbidden love in a snowbound New England village.
 
This brilliantly wrought, tragic novella explores the repressed emotions and destructive passions of working-class people far removed from the elevated social milieu usually inhabited by Wharton's characters. Ethan Frome is a poor farmer, trapped in a marriage to a demanding and controlling wife, Zeena. When Zeena's young cousin Mattie enters their household she opens a window of hope in Ethan's bleak life, but his wife's reaction prompts a desperate attempt to escape fate that goes horribly wrong. Ethan Frome is an unforgettable story with the force of myth, featuring realistic and haunting characters as vivid as any Wharton ever conjured.

€ 8,90

Wharton Edith Title : The House of Mirth
Author: Wharton Edith
Publisher: Vintage Books

Set among the glittering salons of Gilded Age New York, Edith Wharton's most popular novel is a moving indictment of a society whose soul-crushing limitations destroy a woman too spirited to be contained by them.
 
The beautiful, much-desired Lily Bart has been raised to be one of the perfect wives of the wealthy upper class, but her drive and her spark of independent character prevent her from conforming sucessfully. Her desire for a comfortable life means that she will not marry for love without money, but her resistance to the rules of the social elite endangers her many marriage proposals and leads to a dramatic downward spiral into debt and dishonor. One of Edith Wharton's most bracing and nuanced portraits of the life of women in a hostile, highly ordered world, The House of Mirth unfolds with the force of classical tragedy.


€ 9,80


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