Francophile Edith Wharton is buried in Versailles. One of the few foreign front-line correspondents in France during World War I, she penned this collection of articles to orient American soldiers headed to the country. Articles such as “First Impressions, ” “Intellectual Honesty, ” “Taste, ” “Continuity, ” and “The New Frenchwoman” reveal the author’s love of her adopted land.
Over de auteur
n Edith Wharton (1862–1937) was an acclaimed chronicler and keen observer of privileged society, novelist, and short story writer. Her novel The Age of Innocence made her the first female Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction in 1921. She is the also the author of The House of Mirth and Ethan Frome.
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Taal Engels ● Formaat EPUB ● Pagina’s 168 ● ISBN 9781411449336 ● Bestandsgrootte 0.2 MB ● Leeftijd 99-17 jaar ● Uitgeverij Barnes & Noble ● Gepubliceerd 2011 ● Downloadbare 24 maanden ● Valuta EUR ● ID 5863527 ● Kopieerbeveiliging Adobe DRM
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