Hudson River Bracketed (Virago Modern Classics) - Softcover

Wharton, Edith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 184408356X ISBN 13: 9781844083565

Publisher: Little, Brown, 2006

Synopsis

Naïve 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. But an impulsive marriage has brought Vance poverty and unwelcome responsibilities which inhibit his writing until one summer, Halo inspires him to write the novel which makes his name. The conflict between New York sophistication and Midwestern naivety leads to painful dilemmas, involving both couples in perplexity and loss.

About this title

About the Author:

Edith Wharton was born in 1862 in New York, and later lived in Rhode Island and France. Her first novel, The Valley of Decision, was published in 1902, and by 1913 she was writing at least one book a year. During the First World War she was awarded the Cross of the Legion d'Honneur and the Order of Leopold. In 1920, The Age of Innocence won the Pulitzer Prize; she was the first woman to receive a Doctorate of Letters from Yale University and in 1930 she became a member of the American Academy of Arts and letters. She died in 1937.

About this edition

• Publisher: Little, Brown
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 184408356X
• ISBN 13: 9781844083565
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 556