The Cruise of the Vanadis by Edith Wharton
______________ ‘In her log of the Vanadis we have a kind of dress rehearsal for the fiction of one of America's greatest novelists … We see in what she wrote about her cruise that she was ready to set her stages, to fill her backgrounds, to create the world in which her characters would enact her plots. The characters and plots would come in due time’ - From the Introduction by Louis Auchincloss ______________ The "Cruise of the Vanadis" is Wharton's elegant record of that journey. As sophisticated and erudite as any of Wharton's novels, the diary lay undiscovered until recently when scholar Claudine Lesage found it on a dusty library shelf in France. This beautiful illustrated edition marks the diary's first publication in the UK and provides a rare glimpse into the early career of one of America's most important writers. Annotated with timeless photographs by distinguished photographer Jonas Dovydenas, who faithfully retraced Wharton's route, this book is an invaluable addition to the Wharton canon.
'In her log of the Vanadis we have a kind of dress rehearsal for the fiction of one of America's greatest novelists.. We see in what she wrote about her cruise that she was ready to set her stages, to fill her backgrounds, to create the world in which her characters would enact her plots. The characters and plots would come in due time' * From the Introduction by Louis Auchincloss *
Edith Wharton (1862-1937) is the author of more than forty books including timeless classics such as The Age of Innocence and The House of Mirth. She was the first woman to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and is now widely recognised as one of the greatest writers in the English language.
Jonas Dovydenas' photographs have appeared in Time, American Photographer, National Geographic Adventure, Soldier of Fortune, and others. He has been a Trustee of Edith Wharton Restoration, Inc. for many years.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780747575689 |
| ISBN 10 | 0747575681 |
| Title | The Cruise of the Vanadis |
| Author | Edith Wharton |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2004-11-01 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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