The Mother\ s Recompense
Wharton, Edith
ISBN 10: 0684825317 ISBN 13: 9780684825311
Verlag: SCRIBNER BOOKS CO, 1996
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Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. Über den AutorEdith Wharton (1862&ndash1937) was an American novelist&mdashthe first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for her novel The Age of Innocence in 1921&mdashas well as a short story writer, playwright, designer, repo. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 898447611
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Opening on the French Riviera among a motley community of American expatriates, The Mother's Recompense tells the story of Kate Clephane and her reluctant return to New York society after being exiled years before for abandoning her husband and infant daughter.
Oddly enough, Kate has been summoned back by that same daughter, Anne, now fully grown and intent on marrying Chris Fenno, a war hero, dilettante, and social opportunist. Chris's questionable intentions toward her daughter are, however, the least of Kate's worries since she was once, and still is, deeply in love with him. Kate's moral quandary and the ensuing drama evoke comparison with Oedipus and Hamlet and lead to an ending that startled the mores of the day.
Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Edith Wharton (1862–1937) was an American novelist—the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for her novel The Age of Innocence in 1921—as well as a short story writer, playwright, designer, reporter, and poet. Her other works include Ethan Frome, The House of Mirth, and Roman Fever and Other Stories. Born into one of New York’s elite families, she drew upon her knowledge of upper-class aristocracy to realistically portray the lives and morals of the Gilded Age.
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Titel: The Mother\ s Recompense
Verlag: SCRIBNER BOOKS CO
Erscheinungsdatum: 1996
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: New