Edith Wharton : A Woman in Her Time /
Louis Auchincloss
- New York Viking Press 1971
- 191 p.
- A Studio book .
Brownstone childhood -- Marriage -- Literary beginnings -- The house of mirth -- Friendships -- Divorce -- The custom of the country -- Paris and war -- Nostalgia -- The 1920's -- Family -- The lost books -- Finale.
Edith Wharton was not only a great lady of American letters but also a highly talented woman who chose a career in literature in a period when serious writing was considered "too inky for ladies" and when only a passing acquaintance with the arts was deemed necessary.
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Wharton, Edith 1862-1937
Women and literature --United States--20th century Novelists, American --20th century