Described as the 'hot' Ethan Frome, Summer is Edith Wharton revelling in the "euphoric and depressed, confident and abjectly vulnerable" feelings that her real life love affair with Morton Fullerton engendered in her, according to Elizabeth Ammons in her Introduction to my Penguin Classic edition. Summer features all of Wharton's trademark themes - class consciousness, … Continue reading Summer | Edith Wharton
January is Wharton Review month where we can come together to celebrate and enjoy the writings of and about Edith Wharton. Edith Wharton was born on the 24th January 1862 in New York City. She was the first women to win a Pulitzer prize for Literature in 1921 for Age of Innocence. She was also … Continue reading Wharton Review
I was so excited when my beautiful copy of A Motor-Flight Through France turned up in time for Wharton Review month. The look and feel of the cover, the premise (a road trip through France pre-WWI), the paper, even the size of the book - perfect! First published in 1908, this edition came with a … Continue reading A Motor-Flight Through France | Edith Wharton
Sadly life has got in the way of my good intentions for Wharton Review month this year. The only Edith Wharton books that I have completed this month are short story collections...and Roman Fever was one I started last year!! Oh well, something is better than nothing.... I do enjoy a good short story and … Continue reading Roman Fever | Edith Wharton
I can't believe it's 20 years already since Penguin put out their last batch of special little classic books.Back then it was 60 Penguin classic books (with black spines) and 60 Penguins (with an orange spine). I loved them.I quickly collected my own smaller hand-picked favourites from the two sets. I also discovered many new … Continue reading The Reckoning by Edith Wharton
Welcome to the second Wharton Review! During the month of May, I take a break from my regular reading schedule to fit in a Wharton or two. In 1921, Edith Wharton was the third person & the first woman to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction with The Age of Innocence. The Pulitzer is … Continue reading The Wharton Review 2015
Hosting The Wharton Review has been a lovely experience this month.I've thoroughly enjoyed reading reviews and opinions from other bloggers, but the best part has been immersing myself in Wharton's world once again...something I haven't done for over a decade.Even though some of my experiences with Wharton have been a little hit and miss this … Continue reading Roman Fever by Edith Wharton
I had grand plans to start and finish this extraordinary biography about Edith Wharton during May & The Wharton Review. Grand plans indeed! Hermione Lee's biography of Edith Wharton has 756 pages with another 66 pages of notes at the end. The font is the smallest font allowable to still be legible! There are three … Continue reading Edith Wharton | Hermione Lee #biography
I've been putting off writing this review for Wharton Review month, because I love Edith Wharton's books and I don't want to write something negative about her! A Backward Glance is her autobiography first published in 1934 - only three years before her death on the 11th August, 1937. Wharton's strong control of the story … Continue reading A Backward Glance | Edith Wharton #autobiography
Well, isn't Xingu a wonderful little surprise package? I first heard about this Wharton short story earlier in the year when there was a run of reviews for it out there in blogger land. When I decided to host The Wharton Review this month, I had The Reef, A Backward Glance and the Hermione Lee … Continue reading Xingu | Edith Wharton #shortstory
I'm not sure how I'm going to review The Reef without revealing spoilers, so read ahead at your own peril. Firstly, I'm not even sure if I enjoyed The Reef! I read The Age of Innocence, House of Mirth, Custom of the County and Ethan Frome in my twenties. I remember loving them, especially TAOI. … Continue reading The Reef | Edith Wharton
Welcome to the inaugural Wharton Review! During the month of May, join us in celebrating the life and times of Edith Newbold Jones (24th January 1862 - 11th August 1937). I first read The Age of Innocence in my early twenties ... and fell in love. I loved her exquisite use of language, I loved … Continue reading The Wharton Review May 2014
I've been an Edith Wharton fan for more years than I care to count & I've decided it's time to do something about it. I would like to spend the month of May reading and re-reading Edith Wharton - her books, her short stories, her bio's & other non-fiction titles. The 2014 Pulitzer Prize for … Continue reading The Wharton Review 2014
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