Author: Eliza B. Davis
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Edith
Author: Eliza B. Davis
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Edith, Or the Light of Home (Classic Reprint)
Author: Eliza B. Davis
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781332725151
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Excerpt from Edith, or the Light of Home With the quick instinct of filial affection, connect ing the ship with her absent father, she exclaimed, What is the matter? Papa! Papa! - what of him? Mrs. Courtenay drew the alarmed child towards her, and, folding her in her arms, said, in a low and solemn tone, Edith, that ship bears all that remains to you of your father. He fell in Canada, in the recent struggle with the United States, as a soldier should die, fighting bravely for his country. You know your father served under Gen. Vincent, at Fort George: it came into the hands of the Americans, and your parent was among the wounded. Edith lifted her pale face from the bosom of her kind friend, and, bursting into a torrent of tears, exclaimed, I am, then, alone in the world, - ah orphan! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781332725151
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Excerpt from Edith, or the Light of Home With the quick instinct of filial affection, connect ing the ship with her absent father, she exclaimed, What is the matter? Papa! Papa! - what of him? Mrs. Courtenay drew the alarmed child towards her, and, folding her in her arms, said, in a low and solemn tone, Edith, that ship bears all that remains to you of your father. He fell in Canada, in the recent struggle with the United States, as a soldier should die, fighting bravely for his country. You know your father served under Gen. Vincent, at Fort George: it came into the hands of the Americans, and your parent was among the wounded. Edith lifted her pale face from the bosom of her kind friend, and, bursting into a torrent of tears, exclaimed, I am, then, alone in the world, - ah orphan! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Edith
Author: Eliza B. Davis
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780371260296
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the original versions are generally quite old, there may occasionally be certain imperfections within these reproductions. We're happy to make these classics available again for future generations to enjoy!
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ISBN: 9780371260296
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the original versions are generally quite old, there may occasionally be certain imperfections within these reproductions. We're happy to make these classics available again for future generations to enjoy!
Edith
Author: Eliza B. Davis
Publisher: Nabu Press
ISBN: 9781289477806
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Publisher: Nabu Press
ISBN: 9781289477806
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Edith
Author: Eliza B. Davis
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Category : Orphans
Languages : en
Pages :
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Category : Orphans
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The House of Mirth
Author: Edith Wharton
Publisher: Modernista
ISBN: 9180949347
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
In late 19th-century New York, high society places great demands on a woman—she must be beautiful, wealthy, cultured, and above all, virtuous, at least on the surface. At 29, Lily Bart has had every opportunity to marry successfully within her social class, but her irresponsible lifestyle and high standards lead her further and further down the social ladder. Her gambling debts are catching up with her, and an arrangement with a friend's husband causes society to begin questioning her virtue. The House of Mirth is Edith Wharton’s sharp critique of an American upper class she viewed as morally corrupt and relentlessly materialistic. EDITH WHARTON [1862–1937], born in New York, made her debut at the age of forty but managed to write around twenty novels, nearly a hundred short stories, poetry, travelogues, and essays. Wharton was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature three times: 1927, 1928, and 1930. For The Age of Innocence [1920], she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1921.
Publisher: Modernista
ISBN: 9180949347
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
In late 19th-century New York, high society places great demands on a woman—she must be beautiful, wealthy, cultured, and above all, virtuous, at least on the surface. At 29, Lily Bart has had every opportunity to marry successfully within her social class, but her irresponsible lifestyle and high standards lead her further and further down the social ladder. Her gambling debts are catching up with her, and an arrangement with a friend's husband causes society to begin questioning her virtue. The House of Mirth is Edith Wharton’s sharp critique of an American upper class she viewed as morally corrupt and relentlessly materialistic. EDITH WHARTON [1862–1937], born in New York, made her debut at the age of forty but managed to write around twenty novels, nearly a hundred short stories, poetry, travelogues, and essays. Wharton was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature three times: 1927, 1928, and 1930. For The Age of Innocence [1920], she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1921.
The Age of Desire
Author: Jennie Fields
Publisher: Penguin Group
ISBN: 0143123289
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
For fans of The Paris Wife, a sparkling glimpse into the life of Edith Wharton and the scandalous love affair that threatened her closest friendship They say that behind every great man is a great woman. Behind Edith Wharton, there was Anna Bahlmann—her governess turned literary secretary and confidante. At the age of forty-five, despite her growing fame, Edith remains unfulfilled in a lonely, sexless marriage. Against all the rules of Gilded Age society, she falls in love with Morton Fullerton, a dashing young journalist. But their scandalous affair threatens everything in Edith’s life—especially her abiding ties to Anna. At a moment of regained popularity for Wharton, Jennie Fields brilliantly interweaves Wharton’s real letters and diary entries with her fascinating, untold love story. Told through the points of view of both Edith and Anna, The Age of Desire transports readers to the golden days of Wharton’s turn-of-the century world and—like the recent bestseller The Chaperone—effortlessly re-creates the life of an unforgettable woman.
Publisher: Penguin Group
ISBN: 0143123289
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
For fans of The Paris Wife, a sparkling glimpse into the life of Edith Wharton and the scandalous love affair that threatened her closest friendship They say that behind every great man is a great woman. Behind Edith Wharton, there was Anna Bahlmann—her governess turned literary secretary and confidante. At the age of forty-five, despite her growing fame, Edith remains unfulfilled in a lonely, sexless marriage. Against all the rules of Gilded Age society, she falls in love with Morton Fullerton, a dashing young journalist. But their scandalous affair threatens everything in Edith’s life—especially her abiding ties to Anna. At a moment of regained popularity for Wharton, Jennie Fields brilliantly interweaves Wharton’s real letters and diary entries with her fascinating, untold love story. Told through the points of view of both Edith and Anna, The Age of Desire transports readers to the golden days of Wharton’s turn-of-the century world and—like the recent bestseller The Chaperone—effortlessly re-creates the life of an unforgettable woman.
All About Edith (Classic Reprint)
Author: Mrs. James Mason
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780332190365
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Excerpt from All About Edith Catching up her skirt she ran off. Mr. Le Roy, a fine portly gentleman Of fifty, with a smile always on his face, shook his head, and, turning to his wife, said What a beauty she is, Lena! Did she not look superb, Henry, as she dashed ahead Of us into the avenue? That habit shows her figure to advantage. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780332190365
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Excerpt from All About Edith Catching up her skirt she ran off. Mr. Le Roy, a fine portly gentleman Of fifty, with a smile always on his face, shook his head, and, turning to his wife, said What a beauty she is, Lena! Did she not look superb, Henry, as she dashed ahead Of us into the avenue? That habit shows her figure to advantage. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Songs for Moments of Hope (Classic Reprint)
Author: Clara E. Vester
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780332597058
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Excerpt from Songs for Moments of Hope Let Not Anything Grieve Thee Victory Thoughts In Spring Narcissus and Echo The Bright Vale Wings of Love and Light In Memory of Edith The Convict's Christmas Father in the World of Light Mother The River of Song Contentment Work The Adopted Child Light of Home My Sweetheart The Power of Angels Sunbeams Gladness of Heart in the Spirit World Morning Song Sonnet Truth Little F lossie Lines Written at Aberdeen, Washington The Cascades A Maiden The Rose and Lily Song of Praise Faith A Sunset My Ideal Home The City of God. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780332597058
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Excerpt from Songs for Moments of Hope Let Not Anything Grieve Thee Victory Thoughts In Spring Narcissus and Echo The Bright Vale Wings of Love and Light In Memory of Edith The Convict's Christmas Father in the World of Light Mother The River of Song Contentment Work The Adopted Child Light of Home My Sweetheart The Power of Angels Sunbeams Gladness of Heart in the Spirit World Morning Song Sonnet Truth Little F lossie Lines Written at Aberdeen, Washington The Cascades A Maiden The Rose and Lily Song of Praise Faith A Sunset My Ideal Home The City of God. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The New York Stories of Edith Wharton
Author: Edith Wharton
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 1590174364
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
These 20 short stories and novellas offer an exquisite portrait of Old New York, spanning from the Civil War through the Gilded Age (New York Times). “Edith Wharton . . . remains one of the most potent names in the literature of New York.” —New York Times Edith Wharton wrote about New York as only a native can. Her Manhattan is a city of well-appointed drawing rooms, hansoms and broughams, all-night cotillions, and resplendent Fifth Avenue flats. Bishops’ nieces mingle with bachelor industrialists; respectable wives turn into excellent mistresses. All are governed by a code of behavior as rigid as it is precarious. What fascinates Wharton are the points of weakness in the structure of Old New York: the artists and writers at its fringes, the free-love advocates testing its limits, widows and divorcées struggling to hold their own. The New York Stories of Edith Wharton gathers twenty stories of the city, written over the course of Wharton’s career. From her first published story, “Mrs. Manstey’s View,” to one of her last and most celebrated, “Roman Fever,” this new collection charts the growth of an American master and enriches our understanding of the central themes of her work, among them the meaning of marriage, the struggle for artistic integrity, the bonds between parent and child, and the plight of the aged. Illuminated by Roxana Robinson’s introduction, these stories showcase Wharton’s astonishing insight into the turbulent inner lives of the men and women caught up in a rapidly changing society.
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 1590174364
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
These 20 short stories and novellas offer an exquisite portrait of Old New York, spanning from the Civil War through the Gilded Age (New York Times). “Edith Wharton . . . remains one of the most potent names in the literature of New York.” —New York Times Edith Wharton wrote about New York as only a native can. Her Manhattan is a city of well-appointed drawing rooms, hansoms and broughams, all-night cotillions, and resplendent Fifth Avenue flats. Bishops’ nieces mingle with bachelor industrialists; respectable wives turn into excellent mistresses. All are governed by a code of behavior as rigid as it is precarious. What fascinates Wharton are the points of weakness in the structure of Old New York: the artists and writers at its fringes, the free-love advocates testing its limits, widows and divorcées struggling to hold their own. The New York Stories of Edith Wharton gathers twenty stories of the city, written over the course of Wharton’s career. From her first published story, “Mrs. Manstey’s View,” to one of her last and most celebrated, “Roman Fever,” this new collection charts the growth of an American master and enriches our understanding of the central themes of her work, among them the meaning of marriage, the struggle for artistic integrity, the bonds between parent and child, and the plight of the aged. Illuminated by Roxana Robinson’s introduction, these stories showcase Wharton’s astonishing insight into the turbulent inner lives of the men and women caught up in a rapidly changing society.