Old New York

Name: Old New York
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ISBN: 9780020383147

ISBN-10: 0020383142

ISBN-13: 9780020383147

Edition: 1995

Authors: Edith Wharton, Edith Wharton

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The four short novels in this collection by the author of The Age of Innocence are set in the New York of the 1840s, '50s, '60s, and '70s, each one revealing the tribal codes and customs that ruled society, portrayed with the keen style that is uniquely Edith Wharton's. Originally published in 1924 and long out of print, these tales are vintage Wharton, dealing boldly with such themes as infidelity, illegitimacy, jealousy, the class system, and the condition of women in society. Included in this remarkable quartet are False Dawn, which concerns the stormy relationship between a domineering father and his son; The Old Maid, the best known of the four, in which a young woman's secret…

Book details

List price: $19.00
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Scribner
Publication date: 3/1/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



False Dawn: The 'Forties


The Old Maid: The 'Fifties


The Spark: The 'Sixties


New Year's Day: The 'Seventies