Eight Years!
Here are eight of my favourite blog posts, to mark the eighth anniversary of my blog: Jane Austen’s “Darling Child” …
Category Archives: Edith Wharton
L.M. Montgomery and the Halifax Public Gardens
“She’ll feel awful bad if her flowers get frosted, especially them dahlias. Octavia sets such store by her dahlias.” In …
Five Years!
Jane Austen’s letters, her novels Emma and Persuasion, the virtue of charity, the history of Nova Scotia, and the composition …
The Custom of the Country Turns 101 Today
Today is the 101st anniversary of the publication of Edith Wharton’s novel The Custom of the Country. She called it her …
A Summer (Reading) Marathon
“A girl came out of lawyer Royall’s house, at the end of one street of North Dormer, and stood on …
A Visit to Henry James’s House
Henry James was born 171 years ago today, on April 15, 1843, and in honour of the occasion, I’d like …
Edith Wharton’s Passion for Order
It was Helen Pinkerton who introduced me to Edith Wharton, and in honour of Wharton’s birthday today I’d like to …
How Much Did Edith Wharton Revise The Custom of the Country?
Tenth and last in a series celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Edith Wharton’s novel The Custom of the Country. “I have …
Edith Wharton’s Portrait of a Lady
Part Nine in a series celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Edith Wharton’s novel The Custom of the Country. During her New …
What Edith Wharton Tells Us About The Way We Live Now
Part Eight in a series celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Edith Wharton’s novel The Custom of the Country. Today’s the day! The first edition of The Custom …
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