2011, ISBN: 2940013010116

Edith Wharton (born Edith Newbold Jones; January 24, 1862 - August 11, 1937) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, short story writer, and designer. She was nominated for the No… Mehr…

Edith Wharton (born Edith Newbold Jones; January 24, 1862 - August 11, 1937) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, short story writer, and designer. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1927, 1928 and 1930. Wharton combined her insider's view of America's privileged classes with a brilliant, natural wit to write humorous, incisive novels and short stories of social and psychological insight. She was well acquainted with many of her era's other literary and public Edith Wharton (born Edith Newbold Jones; January 24, 1862 - August 11, 1937) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, short story writer, and designer. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1927, 1928 and 1930. Wharton combined her insider's view of America's privileged classes with a brilliant, natural wit to write humorous, incisive novels and short stories of social and psychological insight. She was well acquainted with many of her era's other literary and public figures, including Theodore Roosevelt.Wharton was born to George Frederic Jones and Lucretia Stevens Rhinelander in New York City. She had two brothers, Frederic Rhinelander and Henry Edward. The saying "Keeping up with the Joneses" is said to refer to her father's family. She was also related to the Rensselaer family, the most prestigious of the old patroon families. She had a lifelong friendship with her Rhinelander niece, landscape architect Beatrix Farrand of Reef Point in Bar Harbor, Maine.In 1885, at 23, she married Edward (Teddy) Robbins Wharton, who was 12 years older. From a well-established Philadelphia family, he was a sportsman and gentleman of the same social class and shared her love of travel. From the late 1880s until 1902, he suffered acute depression, and the couple ceased their extensive travel. At that time his depression manifested as a more serious disorder, after which they lived almost exclusively at The Mount, their estate designed by Edith Wharton. In 1908 her husband's mental state was determined to be incurable. She divorced him in 1913. Around the same time, Edith was overcome with the harsh criticisms leveled by the naturalist writers. In 1908 she began an affair with Morton Fullerton, a journalist for The Times, in whom she found an intellectual partner.In addition to novels, Wharton wrote at least 85 short stories. She was also a garden designer, interior designer, and taste-maker of her time. She wrote several design books, including her EBooks, Books, Tales-of-men-and-ghosts~~Edith-Wharton, 930319, Tales of Men and Ghosts, Edith Wharton, 0013010115, Cherry Lane Ebooks, 9/7/2011 12:00:00 AM, , , , Cherry Lane Ebooks<

ISBN: 2940013010116

Tales of Men and Ghosts' is a collection of short stories written by Edith Wharton and originally published in 1910. These uncanny little stories explore the darker parts of the human min… Mehr…

Tales of Men and Ghosts' is a collection of short stories written by Edith Wharton and originally published in 1910. These uncanny little stories explore the darker parts of the human mind, and are sure to appeal to lovers of strange fiction and collectors of Wharton's prolific work. Some tales have the reader guessing at whether the protagonist is a murderer, or simply mad; others present men - or ghosts, or what men believe to be ghosts - in different lights, from misunderstood Tales of Men and Ghosts' is a collection of short stories written by Edith Wharton and originally published in 1910. These uncanny little stories explore the darker parts of the human mind, and are sure to appeal to lovers of strange fiction and collectors of Wharton's prolific work. Some tales have the reader guessing at whether the protagonist is a murderer, or simply mad; others present men - or ghosts, or what men believe to be ghosts - in different lights, from misunderstood monsters to insecure artists. If you are unfamiliar with Edith Wharton's work, then you are sure to be delighted with this piece, which is undoubtedly a landmark book and not one to be missed by the discerning reader. The stories contained herein include: 'The Bolted Door', 'His Father's Son', 'The Daunt Diana', 'The Debt', 'Full Circle', 'The Legend', 'The Eyes', 'The Blonde Beast', 'Afterward', and 'The Letters'. Edith Wharton (1862 - 1937) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, short story writer, and designer. We are proud to republish this antique book, complete with a new prefatory biography of the author. EBooks, Books, Tales-of-men-and-ghosts~~Edith-Wharton, 1140977, Tales of Men and Ghosts, Edith Wharton, 0013010115, Cherry Lane Ebooks, , , , , Cherry Lane Ebooks<