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Edith Wharton

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Edith Wharton, née à New York le 24 janvier 1862 et morte à Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt (Val-d'Oise) le 11 août 1937, est une romancière américaine. Edith Newbold Jones est le troisième enfant et la première fille de George Frederic et Lucretia Jones. Sa famille appartenait à la haute société new-yorkaise. Elle passe une partie de son enfance en Europe, à Paris d'abord, puis à Bad Wildbad en Allemagne et à Florence. Sa famille ne retourne à New York qu'en 1874. Dès son enfance, elle fait preuve d'une intelligence et d'une imagination exceptionnelles. Adolescente, elle écrit des poèmes et une nouvelle, Fast and Loose, achevée en 1877. Elle publie à compte d'auteur un recueil de poèmes, Verses, en 1878. Plusieurs de ses poèmes paraissent dans l'Atlantic Monthly à partir de 1880.

Percy Lubbock

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Percy Lubbock, CBE (4 June 1879 - 1 August 1965) was an English man of letters, known as an essayist, critic and biographer.He reviewed, anonymously in the columns of the Times Literary Supplement, significant modern novels including Forster's Howards End. His 1921 book The Craft of Fiction ('the official textbook of the Modernist aesthetics of indirection') became a straw man for writers including Forster, Virginia Woolf and Graham Greene, who disagreed with his rather formalist view of the novel. Wayne Booth in The Rhetoric of Fiction considers that Lubbock's take on the craft of Henry James was in fact schematizing and formal, if systematic, with a flattening effect.

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False Dawn

"False Dawn (The 'Forties)" is a sophisticated novella by the acclaimed author Edith Wharton, forming the first part of her celebrated "Old New York" quartet. Set against the rigid social landscape of the 1840s, the story centers on Lewis Raycie, a young man sent by his overbearing father on a Grand Tour of Europe. His specific mandate is to curate a gallery of traditional Italian masterpieces to enhance the family's prestige. However, after encountering new artistic perspectives abroad, Lewis chooses instead to invest in then-unfashionable Italian Primitives, a decision that pits his personal integrity against the narrow-minded expectations of New York society. Wharton brilliantly portrays the clash between generational duty and the birth of modern aesthetic sensibility. The narrative examines how social status and wealth dictate the boundaries of taste, and the tragic consequences for those who dare to look beyond the conventions of their era. With its sharp wit and insightful characterizations, "False Dawn (The 'Forties)" offers a compelling look at the cultural evolution of America and the enduring conflict between artistic vision and social conformity. This work stands as a testament to Wharton's mastery of the social novel and her deep understanding of the human condition within the confines of tradition. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you may see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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Here and Beyond (Cram Edition)

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THE MOTHER'S RECOMPENSE (Cram Edition)

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The Writing of Fiction (Cram Edition)