Edith Wharton
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- Summary of Edith Wharton's "A Journey"The young woman was working as a school teacher trying to pay off her arrears (overdue debts) when she met her future husband. He was her salvation. She was naturally full of life, but her life circumstances
- The Custom of the Country and the Timeless Relevance of Edith WhartonEdith Wharton, the first woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, is lauded as the favorite novelist of this particular contributor for her always timely comments on what it means to be a part of American society.
- Edith Wharton's The EyesThe Eyes is a classic example the literary genre the Grotesque. I have analyzed the piece here, providing evidence of such.
- Mr. Jones: An AnalysisAn analysis of Wharton's short ghost story in which the title character never really makes an appearance, adding to the fear of the reader.
- Edith Wharton by Hermione LeeReview of Lee's comprehensive biography of Edith Wharton, which includes previously unavailable sources.
- Edith Wharton's 'The House of Mirth' Details Economic Inequality Between SexesLawrence Selden and Lily Bart both aspire to achieve the new American Dream of financial independence, but the limitations placed on Lily as a young female in the early twentieth century prevent her from fulfilling this ambition.
- Edith Wharton Heroine Literature's Earliest Drug OD VictimThe House of Mirth is the tragic story of beautiful but impoverished Lily Bart, whose problem with drug abuse is vivdly told by Edith Wharton.
- Motif of Winter in Ethan Frome by Edith WhartonThis essay analyzes the recurring motif of winter and how it shapes the characters, especially Ethan.
- The Role of Power in the Novel Ethan Frome by Edith WhartonThis essay analyzes the role of power in the novel Ethan Frome. It also gives many specific examples of how this struggle for power drives the novel.
- Symbolism of the Color Red in the Novel Ethan Frome by Edith WhartonThis essay looks at the use of both positive and negative symbolism of the color red in the novel Ethan Frome. It also notes specific examples.
- Believability of the Characters in Edith Wharton's novel SummerThis is an in-depth look at the believability of the characters Charity Royall and Lucius Harney in Edith Wharton's novel Summer. Essentially, does the character act, think, and behave realistically?
- Age of Innocence, By: Edith WhartonA classic love story. 1870's. High society: formal dinner parties, the Opera, afternoon teas, intimate trysts, and much more.
Isolation Versus Community in Edith Wharton's "The Other Two" and Robert Frost's "Mending Wall."One of the major issues influencing American modernist writers was the increasing urbanization of the country. This conflict of isolation versus community forms a central theme in both Wharton's "The Other Two" and Frost's "Mending Wall."