An Invitation to Celebrate 100 Years of The Custom of the Country
Edith Wharton called it her “Big Novel,” and her biographer Hermione Lee calls it her “greatest book.” The Custom of …
Edith Wharton called it her “Big Novel,” and her biographer Hermione Lee calls it her “greatest book.” The Custom of …
“I can’t tell any longer whether I’m really improving it, or only undergoing an attack of scrupulosis.” Edith Wharton wrote …
“Manwaring is more devoted to me than ever; & were he at liberty, I doubt if I could resist even …
January 2013 marks 100 years since the first installment of Edith Wharton’s “Big Novel” The Custom of the Country was …
Several essays from this year’s fabulous JASNA AGM in New York (“Sex, Money and Power in Jane Austen’s Fiction”) are …
I had so much fun during the discussion that followed my paper on Austen and Wharton at the JASNA AGM …
Today is Edith Wharton’s 150th birthday, and I’m thinking about ways to celebrate, in addition to rereading her work. There’s a short …
This Sunday, March 6th, I’ll be speaking on Jane Austen and Edith Wharton at a meeting of the Nova Scotia …
I’ve been thinking recently about Edith Wharton’s use of place names in The Custom of the Country. It’s interesting that …