Edith Wharton Hermione Lee

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Edith Wharton by Hermione Lee

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Edith Wharton was a fiercely modern author, writing of sex, love, money and war - a woman of strong convictions and conflicting ambitions and desires. Delving into various aspects of her extraordinary life story, this book shows in detail how she worked and what lies at the heart of her works.

Edith Wharton Summary

Edith Wharton by Hermione Lee

This masterly new biography of Edith Wharton paints a portrait of a fiercely modern author, writing of sex, love, money and war - a woman of strong convictions and conflicting ambitions and desires. Delving into every aspect of her extraordinary life story, the book shows in fascinating detail how she worked and what lies at the heart of her magnificent and elegant works.

Edith Wharton Reviews

A superb biography -- Colm Toibin Irish Times Adding impressive depth and nuance to the received portrait of Wharton, Lee's biography excels in its discussions of her writing -- Peter Kemp The Sunday Times Painstaking and elegant... One of this book's great pleasures is Lee's discussion of Wharton's work -- Kasia Boddy Daily Telegraph A feat of exhaustive research...finely tuned to Wharton's creative achievement. This is a glorious biography -- Mark Bostridge Independent on Sunday [A] majestically weighty autobiography as meticulous, exhaustive and exhausting in scope and scale as its subject -- Hilary Spurling Observer

About Hermione Lee

Hermione Lee's previous books include the internationally acclaimed biography Virginia Woolf, a collection of essays on life-writing, Body Parts, and a study of Elizabeth Bowen. She is a well-known reviewer and broadcaster, and, in 2006, Chair of the judges for the Man-Booker Prize. She is the first woman Goldsmiths' Professor of English at Oxford University, a Fellow of New College Oxford, of the British Academy and of the Royal Society of Literature. She was awarded a CBE in 2003 for services to literature.

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Sku

GOR001750435

ISBN 13

9780099763512

ISBN 10

0099763516

Title

Edith Wharton by Hermione Lee

Author

Hermione Lee

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Vintage Publishing

Year published

20080103

Number of pages

864

Prizes

Short-listed for James Tait Black Memorial Book Prize: Biography 2008 Short-listed for National Book Critics Circle Awards: Biography 2008

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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.

Note

This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us