Lily Bart ist jung, schön und ein gern gesehener Gast auf den gesellschaftlichen Events der New Yorker High Society. Doch mit dem Ruin ihrer Familie kann sie ihr Leben in den feinen Kreisen nur fortführen, wenn sie einen reichen Ehemann findet. Lily muss sich entscheiden: Will sie als bloßes Schmuckstück an der Seite eines Mannes Reichtum und Luxus - oder will sie ein Leben gemäß ihrer tatsächlichen Gefühle? Wie in »Zeit der Unschuld« zeigt sich die Pulitzer-Preisträgerin Edith Wharton auch in ihrer 1905 erschienenen Sozialsatire als kühle Beobachterin, die mit bitterböser...

The Age of Innocence centers on an upper-class couple's impending marriage, and the introduction of the bride's cousin, plagued by scandal, whose presence threatens their happiness. The novel is noted for attention to detail and its accurate portrayal of how the 19th-century East Coast American upper class lived, as well as for the social tragedy of its plot.

Old New York is a collection of four novellas by Edith Wharton, revolving around upper-class New York City society in the 1840s, 1850s, 1860s, and 1870s. The New York of these stories is the same as the New York of The Age of Innocence, from which several fictional characters have spilled over into these stories. The observation of the manners and morals of 19th century New York upper-class society is directly reminiscent of The Age of Innocence, but these novellas are shaped more as character studies. Table of Contents: - False Dawn (The Forties) - The Old Maid (The Fifties) - The Spark (The...

In the summer of 1914, John Campton, divorced American painter who lives in Paris, is expecting the arrival of his son George and plans to spend a month traveling with him. However, the war breaks out in Europe and they must cancel their vacation, but the bigger problem for them is that George can be enlisted in the army, since he was born in France. John and his ex wife, as well as her second husband, try to pull some strings to keep their son away from the battle, but George enlists, leaving his parents in agony of expectation.

"Les metteurs en scène" est un recueil de nouvelles écrites par Edith Wharton. Edith Wharton (1862-1937) est une romancière, nouvelliste, poétesse et essayiste américaine.Table des matières:Les metteurs en scèneLes deux autresÉchéanceLendemainLa tragédie de la museLe confessionnalLe verdictL'Ermite et la femme sauvage

The Hermit and the Wild Woman and Other Stories is a set of short stories by Edith Wharton. Contents: - I The Hermit and the Wild Woman - II The Last Asset - III In Trust - IV The Pretext - V The Verdict - VI The Pot-Boiler - VII The Best Man

The Glimpses of the Moon is a romantic story about the misadventures of Nick Lansing and Susy Branch, a couple with wealthy friends but not much rich themselves. They decide to marry and spend a year or so sponging off their wealthy friends, honeymooning in their mansions and villas. Yet this style of life takes an unexpected turn worth a detective story.

The Age of Innocence is a novel by Edith Wharton. Newland Archer, gentleman lawyer awaits his marriage to the secluded and beautiful May. Yet an exotic countess appears and throws her own feelings into the mix.

The Valley of Decision is a novel by Edith Wharton. Odo Valsecca is a young man who inherits a dukedom during the French Revolution, and is forced to choose between taking a either a liberal or more conservative stance to surrounding events.

"Tales of Men and Ghosts" is a collection of stories on various topics first published in 1912. Despite the name, only two stories in the collection tell of the supernatural. Other topics vary from dealing with intellectual fashions of the day, like Darwinism or Nietzscheanism, to the manners of life in New York. The author puts her characters to moral and ironic tests, creating an engaging read for everyone.