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Set in the 1920s, „Glimpses of the Moon” details the romantic misadventures of Nick Lansing and Susy Branch, a couple with the right connections but not much in the way of funds. They are in love and decide to marry, but realize their chances of... więcej >

This is Edith Wharton’s earliest published collection of 8 short stories (1899). A selection consists: „Muse’s Tragedy”: Unrequited love between a poet and his muse. „The Journey”: A woman journeys with her ailing husband. „The... więcej >

Seven short stories from the prolific Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist Edith Wharton. With a wide variety of protagonists – a cloistered monk to a struggling artist to a Governor to a New England lawyer’s wife – she is flexing her... więcej >

Is Lily Bart a victim of circumstance or an agent of her own destruction? Edith Wharton’s acutely observed novel poses this question as it follows Lily’s tragic path through the country houses, card tables and drawing rooms of New York’s beau... więcej >

American writer Edith Wharton is known for her novels of manners set in old New York; yet much of her adult life was spent in France. She lived in Paris throughout World War I and was heavily involved in refugee work. She was a hugely successful... więcej >

This is Wharton’s fifth novel. It is considered, together with the previous „Ethan Frome „and the subsequent „The Custom of the Country”, as partly autobiographical. Young diplomat George Darrow is on his way to meet Anna Leath, an old... więcej >

Glennard had never thought himself a hero; but he had been certain that he was incapable of baseness. The central character, Stephen Glennard, sells for publication the private letters of a former, deceased lover, who had become a famous writer, so... więcej >

Published in 1902, „The Valley of Decision” is Edith Wharton’s first full length novel set in late 18th century Italy. In it, Odo Valsecca, a young Italian raised by peasants, is plucked from poverty and dropped into the lap of luxury as the... więcej >

„Wiek niewinności” to rzecz o dążeniu do realizacji pragnień, cenie poświęcenia i konflikcie uczuć i konwenansów. Znakomita proza, z maestrią przeniesiona na ekran przez Martina Scorsese, z niezapomnianymi kreacjami głównych... więcej >

"Wiek niewinności" to nagrodzona w 1921 roku Pulitzerem najwybitniejsza powieść Edith Wharton.Lata 70. XIX wieku – do hermetycznego światka nowojorskiej socjety wraca z pobytu w Europie młoda hrabina Ellen Olenska. Najprawdziwsza femme... więcej >

Nowy Jork, lata 70. XIX wieku. Newland Archer zaręczony jest z piękną i dobrze urodzoną May Welland - w ten sposób mają się połączyć dwie z najbardziej wpływowych rodzin w mieście. Tymczasem z Europy przyjeżdża hrabina Ellen Olenska, a... więcej >

W 1944 roku szesnastoletnia Edith Eger została wywieziona do Auschwitz. Przetrwała, bo doktor Józef Mengele lubił patrzeć na jej taniec. Gdy obóz został w końcu wyzwolony, Edith, u skraju sił, została wyciągnięta ze stosu ciał. Dziś... więcej >