Edith Wharton

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Edith Wharton - Glimpses of the Moon

«The Glimpses of the Moon» (1922) is about Nick and Susy Lansing, both of whom live a decadent life in Europe by sponging off wealthy friends. They marry out of convenience and have an «open» relationship, but are...

Elizabeth Klett 7 hours 47 minutes

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Culture & Heritage Fiction

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Edith Wharton - Descent of Man and Other Stories

This collection of ten stories, first published in 1904, shows Edith Wharton dissecting some of the customs, habits and vagaries of courtship and marriage, particularly as practiced in the upper reaches of New York...

Nicholas Clifford 7 hours 8 minutes

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General Fiction

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Edith Wharton - Summer (version 2)

Wharton's 1917 novella Summer, like her more famous work Ethan Frome, is set in a very small rural New England town. Charity Royall longs to escape the claustrophobic confines of North Dormer and the inappropriate...

Elizabeth Klett 5 hours 41 minutes

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Published 1900 onward

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Edith Wharton - Summer

The story is one of only two novels by Wharton to be set in New England. The novel details the sexual awakening of its protagonist, Charity Royall, and shares many plot similarities with Wharton's better known novel,...

Robin Cotter 5 hours 39 minutes

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General Fiction

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Edith Wharton - Greater Inclination

This is Edith Wharton's earliest published collection of short stories (1899). Like much of her later work, they touch on themes of marriage, male/female relationships, New York society, and the nature and purpose of...

Elizabeth Klett 5 hours 7 minutes

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General Fiction

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Edith Wharton - Crucial Instances

This is Edith Wharton's second published collection of short stories (1901). One of these seven stories, «Copy: A Dialogue,» is written as a short play. The role of Hilda is read by Arielle Lipshaw, and the role of...

Elizabeth Klett 5 hours 6 minutes

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General Fiction

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Edith Wharton - Ethan Frome (version 2)

Ethan Frome is a novel published in 1911 by the Pulitzer Prize-winning American author Edith Wharton. It is set in the fictitious town of Starkfield, Massachusetts, New England, where an unnamed narrator tells the...

Bob Neufeld 4 hours

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Literary Fiction

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Edith Wharton - Bunner Sisters

“Bunner Sisters,” like “The Age of Innocence” is set in 1870s New York, however the lives of Ann Eliza and Evelina Bunner reflect impoverished New York. The sisters run a «very small shop, in a shabby basement, in a...

Margaret Espaillat 3 hours 24 minutes

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Fighting France, from Dunkerque to Belfort

Essays & Short Works

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Edith Wharton - Fighting France, from Dunkerque to Belfort

American novelist Edith Wharton was living in Paris when World War I broke out in 1914. She obtained permission to visit sites behind the lines, including hospitals, ravaged villages, and trenches. Fighting France...

Elizabeth Klett 3 hours 20 minutes

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General Fiction

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Edith Wharton - Ethan Frome

Edith Wharton's 1911 novel Ethan Frome tells the story of a tragic love triangle. Set in the highly symbolic wintry landscape of Starkfield, Massachusetts, the narrative centers on the title character's fraught...

Elizabeth Klett 3 hours 12 minutes

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General Fiction

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Edith Wharton - Sanctuary

Kate Orme, shocked by the discovery of her fiance's complicity in a tragedy, and by society's willingness to overlook such transgressions, nevertheless marries him. Years later, her son faces a moral crisis similar to...

Jacquerie 3 hours 7 minutes

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Literary Fiction

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Edith Wharton - Sanctuary (version 2)

Edith Wharton's early novella focuses on Kate Orme, who begins the story happily in love with her fiance, only to discover that he hides a terrible secret. — Summary by Elizabeth Klett

Elizabeth Klett 2 hours 51 minutes

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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