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The Mothers Recompense’
Wharton Edith 653 ₪Книга «The Mothers Recompense’». Издательство: Virago. Год выпуска: 1995. Серия: Virago Modern Classics. Переплет: Мягкий переплет. Количество страниц: 366. Автор: Wharton Edith. Стандарт: 10. Возрастная категория: отсутствует. Страна производитель: Соединенное королевство.
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Summer = Лето: на англ.яз
Wharton Edith 130 ₪Edith Wharton (1862—1937) was an American novelist and short story writer. Her works show the lives of people of the late nineteenth century, the times of decline in American history. She was the first woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1921. Wharton also was familiar with many famous people of the time, including President Theodore Roosevelt. Set in the small town of North Dormer, New England, the novel «Summer» follows eighteen-year-old librarian Charity Royall during her sexual awakening against the background of the cruel treatment by the father of her child, Lucius Harney, who doesn’t want to marry her. Written in Wharton’s firm style, the prose of this novella turns reading into sheer pleasure.
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Ethan Frome
Wharton Edith 55 ₪Edith Wharton’s novella Ethan Frome (1911) is a classic of American literature. Mattie Silver, a young and guileless girl, is hired to keep house on the bleak New England farm belonging to Ethan Frome and his sickly wife Zeena, who is her cousin. Mattie completely captures Ethan’s heart, but the would-be lovers are kept apart by the spiteful Zeena, who then banishes the girl without warning. Before she leaves, Ethan takes Mattie on a promised sled run, with profound and dreadful consequences.Also included in this volume are four of Wharton’s celebrated tales of the supernatural: The Triumph oj Night, Kerfol, Afterward and The Eyes.
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The House of Mirth = Обитель радости: на англ.яз
Wharton Edith 244 ₪Edith Wharton (1862—1937) was an American novelist and short story writer. Her works show the lives of people of the late nineteenth century, the times of decline in American history. She was the first woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1921. Wharton also was familiar with many famous people of the time, including President Theodore Roosevelt. «The House of Mirth» is a novel that tells the story of Lily Bart, an impoverished woman from the high society of New York City. While raised with expensive tastes, is reaching thirty, an age when her youthful appearance is almost gone, and her finances are limited. Now she needs to find a husband who can keep her in luxury to which she is accustomed.
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The Fruit of the Tree = Плод дерева: на англ.яз
Wharton Edith 231 ₪Edith Wharton (1862—1937) was an American novelist and short story writer. Her works show the lives of people of the late nineteenth century, the times of decline in American history. She was the first woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1921. Wharton also was familiar with many famous people of the time, including President Theodore Roosevelt. Set in a small town in New England, the plot of «Fruit of the Tree» revolves around the struggles of the working class. It follows John Amherst, an idealistic manager in a textile mill, who wants to improve the working conditions of the laborers. However, upper management suppresses all his attempts, caring only about the profit. When Amherst marries the widow of the former mill owner Bessy West-more, he begins to translate his ideas into reality.
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The Custom of the Country = Обычай страны: на англ.яз
Wharton Edith 181 ₪Edith Wharton (1862—1937) was an American novelist and short story writer. Her works show the lives of people of the late nineteenth century, the times of decline in American history. She was the first woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1921. Wharton also was familiar with many famous people of the time, including President Theodore Roosevelt. Considered by many as a masterpiece, «The Custom of the Country» is a study of the fads and antics of the modern American upper class. It tells the story of spoiled and selfish but at the same time amazingly charming Undine Spragg, who tries to get into New York’s high society. Through her life full of affairs, the book describes a social behavior of a person who is well educated and extremely disenchanted.
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Tales of Men and Ghosts = Рассказы о людях и призраках: на англ.яз
Wharton Edith 191 ₪Edith Wharton (1862—1937) was an American novelist and short story writer. Her works show the lives of people of the late nineteenth century, the times of decline in American history. She was the first woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1921. Wharton also was familiar with many famous people of the time, including President Theodore Roosevelt. «Tales of Men and Ghosts» is a collection of ten masterful ghost stories like «The Bolted Door,» «His Father’s Son,» «The Daunt Diana,» and «Full Circle.»
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In Morocco = В Марокко: на англ.яз
Wharton Edith 122 ₪Edith Wharton (1862—1937) was an American novelist and short story writer. Her works show the lives of people of the late nineteenth century, the times of decline in American history. She was the first woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1921. Wharton also was familiar with many famous people of the time, including President Theodore Roosevelt «In Morocco» is a travelogue about Edith’s journey to Morocco in the final days of the World War I. It colorfully describes her month-long path through the cities and deserts of the country, and all the places she visited — ruins, mosques, palaces, markets, and harems.
