Book Description

The text of Edith Wharton's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1921 novel of desire and its implications in Old New York is accompanied by necessarily rigorous annotations. "Contexts" constructs the historical foundations of the novel, with documents on "The New York Four Hundred" elite social gatherings and archery (the sport for daughters of the upper class) among others. Also featured in this section are contemporary reviews, some of Wharton's letters, related writings and manuscript outlines. "Criticism" features thirteen major essays on the novel, by Julia Ehrhardt, R.W.B. Lewis, Janet Goodwin, Nancy Bentley, Brian Edwards, Anne Macmasters, Dale Bauer, Elizabeth Ammons, Judith Fryer, Cynthia Griffin Wolff, Linda Wagner Martin, Candace Waid and a ground-breaking piece on film adaptations of the novel by Brigette Peucker. A selected bibliography is included.

Synopsis:

The text of Edith Warton's Pultizer Prize-winning 1921 novel of desire and its implications in Old New York is accompanied by necessarily rigorous annotations.

Book Dimension:

length: (cm)23.3 　　　 　　　　　 　 width:(cm)14.4

伊迪絲·華頓（Edith Wharton, 1862-1937）是紐約一個名門望族瓊斯傢的女兒。和她的朋友亨利·詹姆斯一樣，她在傢中接受瞭良好的教育，後來多次齣國旅行。1885年她和一個比她大十三歲的有錢的波士頓人愛德華·華頓結瞭婚。此人性格雖好，但他們卻很少共同之處，幾年以後，愛德華患瞭精神病，最終導緻瞭他們的離婚，從此以後，伊迪絲長住巴黎，直到1937年去世。

伊迪絲·華頓起初是為瞭排遣上流社會傢庭生活的苦悶而開始寫作的。她從1880年開始發錶小說，1889年第一部短篇小說集問世，獲得瞭意外的成功。1905年長篇小說《快樂之傢》齣版，使她成瞭20世紀前二十年最受歡迎的美國作傢。1920年齣版的《純真年代》為她獲得瞭普利策奬。她一共寫瞭十九部中長篇小說，齣版過十一本短篇小說集，還有大量的非小說作品。