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| a journey by edith wharton sparknotes: A Journey Edith Wharton, 2014-03-01 A Journey is a short story by Edith Wharton. Edith Wharton ( born Edith Newbold Jones; January 24, 1862 – August 11, 1937) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, short story writer, and designer. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1927, 1928 and 1930. Wharton combined her insider's view of America's privileged classes with a brilliant, natural wit to write humorous, incisive novels and short stories of social and psychological insight. She was well acquainted with many of her era's other literary and public figures, including Theodore Roosevelt.Wharton was born to George Frederic Jones and Lucretia Stevens Rhinelander in New York City. She had two brothers, Frederic Rhinelander and Henry Edward. The saying Keeping up with the Joneses is said to refer to her father's family. She was also related to the Rensselaer family, the most prestigious of the old patroon families. She had a lifelong friendship with her Rhinelander niece, landscape architect Beatrix Farrand of Reef Point in Bar Harbor, Maine.In 1885, at 23, she married Edward (Teddy) Robbins Wharton, who was 12 years older. From a well-established Philadelphia family, he was a sportsman and gentleman of the same social class and shared her love of travel. From the late 1880s until 1902, he suffered acute depression, and the couple ceased their extensive travel. At that time his depression manifested as a more serious disorder, after which they lived almost exclusively at The Mount, their estate designed by Edith Wharton. In 1908 her husband's mental state was determined to be incurable. She divorced him in 1913. Around the same time, Edith was overcome with the harsh criticisms leveled by the naturalist writers. Later in 1908 she began an affair with Morton Fullerton, a journalist for The Times, in whom she found an intellectual partner.In addition to novels, Wharton wrote at least 85 short stories. She was also a garden designer, interior designer, and taste-maker of her time. She wrote several design books, including her first published work, The Decoration of Houses of 1897, co-authored by Ogden Codman. Another is the generously illustrated Italian Villas and Their Gardens of 1904. |
| a journey by edith wharton sparknotes: The House of Mirth Edith Wharton, 2024-05-30 In late 19th-century New York, high society places great demands on a woman—she must be beautiful, wealthy, cultured, and above all, virtuous, at least on the surface. At 29, Lily Bart has had every opportunity to marry successfully within her social class, but her irresponsible lifestyle and high standards lead her further and further down the social ladder. Her gambling debts are catching up with her, and an arrangement with a friend's husband causes society to begin questioning her virtue. The House of Mirth is Edith Wharton’s sharp critique of an American upper class she viewed as morally corrupt and relentlessly materialistic. EDITH WHARTON [1862–1937], born in New York, made her debut at the age of forty but managed to write around twenty novels, nearly a hundred short stories, poetry, travelogues, and essays. Wharton was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature three times: 1927, 1928, and 1930. For The Age of Innocence [1920], she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1921. |
| a journey by edith wharton sparknotes: A Comprehensive Summary and Analysis of Crucial Instances by Edith Wharton Edith Wharton, 101-01-01 Edith Wharton's Crucial Instances is a collection of short stories that delves into the complexities of human relationships, societal expectations, and the search for meaning in a rapidly changing world. Through vivid characters and evocative settings, Wharton masterfully portrays the pivotal moments that shape lives and reveal the hidden truths of the human heart. Each story is a carefully crafted exploration of a crucial turning point, where choices are made, illusions are shattered, and destinies are irrevocably altered. This collection is not just a series of narratives but a profound meditation on the nature of existence. |
| a journey by edith wharton sparknotes: A Comprehensive Summary and Analysis of Summer by Edith Wharton Edith Wharton, 101-01-01 “Summer” by Edith Wharton tells the story of Charity Royall, a young woman living in the isolated and impoverished town of North Dormer, Massachusetts. The novel, set in the early 20th century, explores themes of love, desire, social class, and the constraints placed upon women in rural New England. Charity's yearning for something more than her limited existence leads her to a complex and ultimately heartbreaking journey of self-discovery. |
| a journey by edith wharton sparknotes: A Comprehensive Summary and Analysis of Italian Backgrounds by Edith Wharton Edith Wharton, 101-01-01 Edith Wharton's “Italian Backgrounds” is not merely a travelogue; it's a deeply insightful exploration of Italy's landscapes, art, and culture, viewed through the discerning eyes of a seasoned traveler. Wharton doesn't simply recount her journeys; she dissects the nuances of Italian life and art, offering a rich tapestry of observations and reflections. The book takes us from the crisp Alpine air to the sun-drenched plains of Lombardy, revealing the subtle yet profound contrasts between different regions and their histories. Each chapter is like a meticulously crafted painting, capturing the essence of a place and its unique character. |
| a journey by edith wharton sparknotes: Kerfol Edith Wharton, 2018-04-05 Reproduction of the original: Kerfol by Edith Wharton |
| a journey by edith wharton sparknotes: Rules of Civility Amor Towles, 2011-07-26 From the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway and A Gentleman in Moscow, a “sharply stylish” (Boston Globe) book about a young woman in post-Depression era New York who suddenly finds herself thrust into high society—now with over one million readers worldwide On the last night of 1937, twenty-five-year-old Katey Kontent is in a second-rate Greenwich Village jazz bar when Tinker Grey, a handsome banker, happens to sit down at the neighboring table. This chance encounter and its startling consequences propel Katey on a year-long journey into the upper echelons of New York society—where she will have little to rely upon other than a bracing wit and her own brand of cool nerve. With its sparkling depiction of New York’s social strata, its intricate imagery and themes, and its immensely appealing characters, Rules of Civility won the hearts of readers and critics alike. |
| a journey by edith wharton sparknotes: The Buccaneers Edith Wharton, Marion Mainwaring, 1994-10-01 Edith Wharton's spellbinding final novel tells a story of love in the gilded age that crosses the boundaries of society—now an original series on AppleTV+! “Brave, lively, engaging...a fairy-tale novel, miraculouly returned to life.”—The New York Times Book Review Set in the 1870s, the same period as Wharton's The Age of Innocence, The Buccaneers is about five wealthy American girls denied entry into New York Society because their parents' money is too new. At the suggestion of their clever governess, the girls sail to London, where they marry lords, earls, and dukes who find their beauty charming—and their wealth extremely useful. After Wharton's death in 1937, The Christian Science Monitor said, If it could have been completed, The Buccaneers would doubtless stand among the richest and most sophisticated of Wharton's novels. Now, with wit and imagination, Marion Mainwaring has finished the story, taking her cue from Wharton's own synopsis. It is a novel any Wharton fan will celebrate and any romantic reader will love. This is the richly engaging story of Nan St. George and Guy Thwarte, an American heiress and an English aristocrat, whose love breaks the rules of both their societies. |
| a journey by edith wharton sparknotes: The Last Castle Denise Kiernan, 2017-09-26 A New York Times bestseller with an engaging narrative and array of detail” (The Wall Street Journal), the “intimate and sweeping” (Raleigh News & Observer) untold, true story behind the Biltmore Estate—the largest, grandest private residence in North America, which has seen more than 120 years of history pass by its front door. The story of Biltmore spans World Wars, the Jazz Age, the Depression, and generations of the famous Vanderbilt family, and features a captivating cast of real-life characters including F. Scott Fitzgerald, Thomas Wolfe, Teddy Roosevelt, John Singer Sargent, James Whistler, Henry James, and Edith Wharton. Orphaned at a young age, Edith Stuyvesant Dresser claimed lineage from one of New York’s best known families. She grew up in Newport and Paris, and her engagement and marriage to George Vanderbilt was one of the most watched events of Gilded Age society. But none of this prepared her to be mistress of Biltmore House. Before their marriage, the wealthy and bookish Vanderbilt had dedicated his life to creating a spectacular European-style estate on 125,000 acres of North Carolina wilderness. He summoned the famous landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted to tame the grounds, collaborated with celebrated architect Richard Morris Hunt to build a 175,000-square-foot chateau, filled it with priceless art and antiques, and erected a charming village beyond the gates. Newlywed Edith was now mistress of an estate nearly three times the size of Washington, DC and benefactress of the village and surrounding rural area. When fortunes shifted and changing times threatened her family, her home, and her community, it was up to Edith to save Biltmore—and secure the future of the region and her husband’s legacy. This is the fascinating, “soaring and gorgeous” (Karen Abbott) story of how the largest house in America flourished, faltered, and ultimately endured to this day. |
| a journey by edith wharton sparknotes: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet Jamie Ford, 2009 Set in the ethnic neighborhoods of Seattle during World War II and Japanese American internment camps of the era, the times and places are brought [stirringly] to life (Jim Tomlinson, author of Things Kept, Things Left Behind). |
| a journey by edith wharton sparknotes: Summer Edith Wharton, 1917 One of the first novels to deal honestly with a woman's sexual awakening, Summer created a sensation upon its 1917 publication. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Ethan Frome shattered the standards of conventional love stories with candor and realism. Nearly a century later, this tale remains fresh and relevant. |
| a journey by edith wharton sparknotes: Fellowship Point Alice Elliott Dark, 2022-07-05 The masterful story of a lifelong friendship between two very different women with shared histories and buried secrets, tested in the twilight of their lives, set across the arc of the 20th century. Celebrated children's book author Agnes Lee is determined to secure her legacy--to complete what she knows will be the final volume of her pseudonymously written Franklin Square novels; and even more consuming, to permanently protect the peninsula of majestic coast in Maine known as Fellowship Point. To donate the land to a trust, Agnes must convince shareholders to dissolve a generations-old partnership. And one of those shareholders is her best friend, Polly. Polly Wister has led a different kind of life than Agnes: that of a well-off married woman with children, defined by her devotion to her husband, and philosophy professor with an inflated sense of stature. She exalts in creating beauty and harmony in her home, in her friendships, and in her family. Polly soon finds her loyalties torn between the wishes of her best friend and the wishes of her three sons--but what is it that Polly wants herself? Agnes's designs are further muddied when an enterprising young book editor named Maud Silver sets out to convince Agnes to write her memoirs. Agnes's resistance cannot prevent long-buried memories and secrets from coming to light with far-reaching repercussions for all. Fellowship Point reads like a classic 19th-century novel in its beautifully woven, multilayered narrative, but it is entirely contemporary in the themes it explores; a deep and empathic interest in women's lives, the class differences that divided us, the struggle to protect the natural world, and, above all, a reckoning with intimacy, history, and posterity. It is a masterwork from Alice Elliott Dark. |
| a journey by edith wharton sparknotes: After the Parade Lori Ostlund, 2015-09-22 The debut novel from award-winning author Lori Ostlund—“smart, resonant, and imbued with beauty” (Publishers Weekly) that “provides considerable pleasure and emotional power” (The New York Times Book Review)—about a man who leaves his longtime partner in New Mexico for a tragicomic road trip deep into the mysteries of his own Midwestern childhood. Sensitive, bighearted, and achingly self-conscious, forty-year-old Aaron Englund long ago escaped the confinements of his Midwestern hometown, but he still feels like an outcast. After twenty years under the Pygmalion-like care of his older partner, Walter, Aaron at last decides it is time to take control of his own fate. But soon after establishing himself in San Francisco, Aaron sees that real freedom will not come until he has made peace with his memories of Mortonville, Minnesota—a cramped town whose four hundred souls form a constellation of Aaron’s childhood heartbreaks and hopes. After Aaron’s father died in the town parade, it was the larger-than life misfits of his childhood who helped Aaron find his place in a world hostile to difference. But Aaron’s sense of rejection runs deep: when Aaron was seventeen, Dolores—his loving yet selfish and enigmatic mother—vanished one night. And when, all these years later, a new friend in San Francisco offers Aaron a way to locate his mother, his past and present collide, forcing Aaron to rethink his place in the world. “Touching and often hilarious...Ostlund writes with acuity and refreshing honesty about the messy complexity of being a social animal in today’s world...” (Booklist, starred review). “Everything here aches, from the lucid prose to the sensitively treated characters to their beautiful and heartbreaking stories...An example of realism in its most potent iteration: not a nearly arranged plot orchestrated by an authorial god but an authentic, empathetic representation of life as it truly is” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). After the Parade is a glorious anthem for the outsider. |
| a journey by edith wharton sparknotes: The Children Edith Wharton, 1997-09-02 Early twentieth-century American author Edith Wharton's 1928 novel about a group of seven step-siblings who strike up a relationship with a solitary bachelor on a yacht while hoping that their parents' reconciliation lasts. *** One of Mrs. Wharton's latest novels, this is a story of expatriate Americans in the 1920s. Its theme is the predicament of children whose rich, pleasure-mad parents progress through marriages and divorces as casually as they flit around the fashionable European resorts of the period. |
| a journey by edith wharton sparknotes: Afterward Edith Wharton, 2016-09-19 A newly rich American couple buy an ancient manor house in England, where they hope to live out their days in solitude. One day, when the couple are gazing out at their grounds, they spy a mysterious stranger. When her husband disappears shortly after this eerie encounter, the wife learns the truth about the legend that haunts the ancient estate. |
| a journey by edith wharton sparknotes: The muse's tragedy Edith Newbold Jones Wharton, 2001 |
| a journey by edith wharton sparknotes: The Other Two Edith Wharton, 2014-03-01 The Other Two is a short story by Edith Wharton. Edith Wharton ( born Edith Newbold Jones; January 24, 1862 - August 11, 1937) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, short story writer, and designer. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1927, 1928 and 1930. Wharton combined her insider's view of America's privileged classes with a brilliant, natural wit to write humorous, incisive novels and short stories of social and psychological insight. She was well acquainted with many of her era's other literary and public figures, including Theodore Roosevelt. Wharton was born to George Frederic Jones and Lucretia Stevens Rhinelander in New York City. She had two brothers, Frederic Rhinelander and Henry Edward. The saying Keeping up with the Joneses is said to refer to her father's family. She was also related to the Rensselaer family, the most prestigious of the old patroon families. She had a lifelong friendship with her Rhinelander niece, landscape architect Beatrix Farrand of Reef Point in Bar Harbor, Maine. In 1885, at 23, she married Edward (Teddy) Robbins Wharton, who was 12 years older. From a well-established Philadelphia family, he was a sportsman and gentleman of the same social class and shared her love of travel. From the late 1880s until 1902, he suffered acute depression, and the couple ceased their extensive travel. At that time his depression manifested as a more serious disorder, after which they lived almost exclusively at The Mount, their estate designed by Edith Wharton. In 1908 her husband's mental state was determined to be incurable. She divorced him in 1913. Around the same time, Edith was overcome with the harsh criticisms leveled by the naturalist writers. Later in 1908 she began an affair with Morton Fullerton, a journalist for The Times, in whom she found an intellectual partner. In addition to novels, Wharton wrote at least 85 short stories. She was also a garden designer, interior designer, and taste-maker of her time. She wrote several design books, including her first published work, The Decoration of Houses of 1897, co-authored by Ogden Codman. Another is the generously illustrated Italian Villas and Their Gardens of 1904. |
| a journey by edith wharton sparknotes: Girlhood Melissa Febos, 2021-03-30 National Book Critics Circle Award Winner National Bestseller Lambda Literary Award Finalist NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY TIME * NPR * The Washington Post * Kirkus Reviews * Washington Independent Review of Books * The Millions * Electric Literature * Ms Magazine * Entropy Magazine * Largehearted Boy * Passerbuys “Irreverent and original.” –New York Times “Magisterial.” –The New Yorker “An intoxicating writer.” –The Atlantic “A classic!” –Mary Karr “A true light in the dark.” –Stephanie Danler “An essential, heartbreaking project.” –Carmen Maria Machado A gripping set of stories about the forces that shape girls and the adults they become. A wise and brilliant guide to transforming the self and our society. In her powerful new book, critically acclaimed author Melissa Febos examines the narratives women are told about what it means to be female and what it takes to free oneself from them. When her body began to change at eleven years old, Febos understood immediately that her meaning to other people had changed with it. By her teens, she defined herself based on these perceptions and by the romantic relationships she threw herself into headlong. Over time, Febos increasingly questioned the stories she'd been told about herself and the habits and defenses she'd developed over years of trying to meet others' expectations. The values she and so many other women had learned in girlhood did not prioritize their personal safety, happiness, or freedom, and she set out to reframe those values and beliefs. Blending investigative reporting, memoir, and scholarship, Febos charts how she and others like her have reimagined relationships and made room for the anger, grief, power, and pleasure women have long been taught to deny. Written with Febos' characteristic precision, lyricism, and insight, Girlhood is a philosophical treatise, an anthem for women, and a searing study of the transitions into and away from girlhood, toward a chosen self. |
| a journey by edith wharton sparknotes: Death Watch Ari Berk, 2011-11-15 When seventeen-year-old Silas Umber's father disappears, Silas is sure it is connected to the powerful artifact he discovers, combined with his father's hidden hometown history, which compels Silas to pursue the path leading to his destiny and ultimately, to the discovery of his father, dead or alive. |
| a journey by edith wharton sparknotes: In Morocco Edith Wharton, 2015-12-21 In 1921, Edith Wharton became the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize, earning the award for The Age of Innocence. But Wharton also wrote several other novels, as well as poems and short stories that made her not only famous but popular among her contemporaries. That included her good friend Henry James, and she counted among her acquaintances Teddy Roosevelt and Sinclair Lewis. |
| a journey by edith wharton sparknotes: Ethan Frome Edith Wharton, 1911 Set in New England, a farmer struggles to survive a bare existence, tethered to his farm, first by his helpless parents and then by a hypochondriac wife. Yet, when his wife's alluring cousin comes to stay, his dreams are rekindled |
| a journey by edith wharton sparknotes: The Innocents Francesca Segal, 2012-06-05 Winner of the Costa First Novel Award, the National Jewish Book Award for Fiction, the Sami Rohr Prize and the Betty Trask Award; longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction At the age of twenty-eight, Adam is newly engaged to Rachel, his girlfriend of twelve years, and can see a brilliant future unfolding before him: partnership in his father-in-law’s legal firm, holidays with their extended families on the Red Sea, evenings out with the friends they’ve known since childhood in the well-heeled London neighbourhood they’ve shared since birth. It’s a perfect match: sanctioned by both their families, it’s the fulfillment of the desires and expectations of everyone Adam knows and loves. But then Rachel’s reckless, beautiful cousin returns from New York to the family fold. Ellie represents everything that Adam has tried to avoid—and everything that is missing from his world. Adam is torn between duty and temptation, security and exhilaration, and must make a choice that will break either one heart or many. In her dazzling recasting of Edith Wharton’s classic novel The Age of Innocence, Francesca Segal brilliantly explores the age-old conflicts between responsibility and passion, loyalty and freedom, tradition and independence. The Innocents portrays modern-day Jewish life with wit, warmth and empathy, guiding us effortlessly through a contemporary cultural milieu whose social rules are just as claustrophobic as those of nineteenth-century New York. |
| a journey by edith wharton sparknotes: The Eyes Edith Wharton, 2014-10-15 Edwin Culwin wakes up to find a ghastly pair of eyes staring at him, the eyes of a man 'who has done a lot of harm in his life'. They pursue him wherever he goes; he doesn't know why; he doesn't know who they belong to - but he can feel his soul being pierced. Part of Galley Beggar's new Ghosts series. |
| a journey by edith wharton sparknotes: False Dawn Edith Wharton, Edward C Caswell, 2025-03-29 Step back into the 1840s with Edith Wharton and E. C. Caswell's False Dawn: The 'Forties, a compelling work of historical fiction exploring the world of art and social class. This meticulously prepared print edition offers readers a window into a bygone era, examining the passions and pitfalls of art collectors. Delve into the intricate social dynamics of the time, brought to life by Wharton's keen eye and Caswell's historical insights. False Dawn provides a rich tapestry for those interested in art history and literary fiction, exploring timeless themes of ambition, authenticity, and the allure of beauty. A classic tale of a transformative decade, this story resonates with enduring power. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant. |
| a journey by edith wharton sparknotes: Women's Diaries of the Westward Journey Lillian Schlissel, 2004-07-06 More than a quarter of a million Americans crossed the continental United States between 1840 and 1870, going west in one of the greatest migrations of modern times. The frontiersmen have become an integral part of our history and folklore, but the Westering experiences of American women are equally central to an accurate picture of what life was like on the frontier. Through the diaries, letters, and reminiscences of women who participated in this migration, Women’s Diaries of the Westward Journey gives us primary source material on the lives of these women, who kept campfires burning with buffalo chips and dried weeds, gave birth to and cared for children along primitive and dangerous roads, drove teams of oxen, picked berries, milked cows, and cooked meals in the middle of a wilderness that was a far cry from the homes they had left back east. Still (and often under the disapproving eyes of their husbands) they found time to write brave letters home or to jot a few weary lines at night into the diaries that continue to enthrall us. In her new foreword, Professor Mary Clearman Blew explores the enduring fascination with this subject among both historians and the general public, and places Schlissel’s groundbreaking work into an intriguing historical and cultural context. |
| a journey by edith wharton sparknotes: Dante R. W. B. Lewis, 2009-11-24 An insightful biography of Florence?s famous son Acclaimed biog rap her R.W.B. Lewis traces the life and complex development? emotional, artistic, philosophical?of this supreme poet-historian. Here we meet the boy who first encounters the mythic Beatrice, the lyric poet obsessed with love and death, the grand master of dramatic narrative and allegory, and his monumental search for ultimate truth in The Divine Comedy. It is in this masterpiece of self-discovery and redemption that Lewis finds Dante?s own autobiography?and the sum of all his shifting passions and epiphanies. |
| a journey by edith wharton sparknotes: Roman Fever and Other Stories Edith Wharton, 2013-11-05 A side from her Pulitzer Prize-winning talent as a novel writer, Edith Wharton also distinguished herself as a short story writer, publishing more than seventy-two stories in ten volumes during her lifetime. The best of her short fiction is collected here in Roman Fever and Other Stories. From her picture of erotic love and illegitimacy in the title story to her exploration of the aftermath of divorce detailed in Souls Belated and The Last Asset, Wharton shows her usual skill in dissecting the elements of emotional subtleties, moral ambiguities, and the implications of social restrictions, as Cynthia Griffin Wolff writes in her introduction. Roman Fever and Other Stories is a surprisingly contemporary volume of stories by one of our most enduring writers. |
| a journey by edith wharton sparknotes: Mr. Splitfoot Samantha Hunt, 2016-01-05 The strange odysseys of two young women animate this “hypnotic and glowing” American gothic novel that blurs the line between the real and the supernatural (Gregory Maguire, The New York Times Book Review). A New York Times Editors’ Choice A Paris Review Staff Pick Ruth and Nat are seventeen. They are orphans living at The Love of Christ! Foster Home in upstate New York. And they may be able to talk to the dead. Enter Mr. Bell, a con man with mystical interests who knows an opportunity when he sees one. Together they embark on an unexpected journey that connects meteor sites, utopian communities, lost mothers, and a scar that maps its way across Ruth’s face. Decades later, Ruth visits her niece, Cora. But while Ruth used to speak to the dead, she now doesn’t speak at all. Even so, she leads Cora on a mysterious mission that involves crossing the entire state of New York on foot. Where is she taking them? And who—or what—is hidden in the woods at the end of the road? “[A] gripping novel…The narratives, which twist together into a shocking dénouement, are marked by ghost stories.”—The New Yorker |
| a journey by edith wharton sparknotes: House of Splendid Isolation Edna O'Brien, 2022-03-08 House of Splendid Isolation is a newly reissued novel from Edna O’Brien, the author of Girl—“one of the most celebrated writers in the English language” (NPR’s Weekend Edition). The heartbreaking dilemmas and the noble and bloody history of Ireland come vividly to life in the tale of Josie, a widow living in a solitary house outside an Irish village, whose home becomes the hideout of an IRA terrorist. |
| a journey by edith wharton sparknotes: The Age of Desire Jennie Fields, 2012-08-30 She is the darling of Parisian society. A famous author whose novels have captivated readers. He is a charming young journalist with nothing to lose. While novelist Edith Wharton writes of grand love affairs, she has yet to experience her own. Her marriage is more platonic than passionate and her closest relationship is with her literary secretary, Anna Bahlmann. Then Edith meets dashing Morton Fullerton, and her life is at last opened to the world of the sensual. But in giving in to the temptation of their illicit liaison, Edith could lose everything else she holds dear... |
| a journey by edith wharton sparknotes: A Motor-Flight Through France (1908) by Edith Wharton Edith Wharton, 2018-10-21 Shedding the turn-of-the-century social confines she felt existed for women in America, Edith Wharton set out in the newly invented motor-car to explore the cities and countryside of France. In A Motor-Flight Through France, originally published in 1908, Wharton combines the power of her prose, her love for travel, and her affinity for France to produce this compelling travelogue. |
| a journey by edith wharton sparknotes: A Bottle of Perrier Edith Wharton, 2021-11-09 In A Bottle of Perrier, Edith Wharton explores the intricate dynamics of social class and personal aspiration in early 20th-century America. The novella deftly balances sharp wit with poignant commentary, employing Wharton's signature narrative style that seamlessly intertwines realism with psychological depth. Structured around a seemingly innocent social gathering, the story reveals the underlying tensions and unspoken desires of its characters, illustrating how societal expectations shape individual identity and relationships. Wharton'Äôs acute observations and elegant prose provide not only a vivid portrait of the time but also a reflection on the human condition itself. Edith Wharton, the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, was deeply influenced by her own experiences in the upper echelons of New York society. Born into a wealthy family, she had firsthand insight into the constraints of social mores and the emotional complexities they engendered. This personal background informs much of her writing, particularly in A Bottle of Perrier, where the nuanced interplay of wealth and character becomes a lens through which the reader can examine the broader social fabric of her time. Wharton'Äôs ability to capture the subtleties of human interaction makes A Bottle of Perrier a compelling read for those interested in the intersections of class, society, and the individual. It is a must-read for anyone who appreciates literary works that delve into the complexities of human relationships, particularly within the rich sociocultural landscape of early modern America. |
| a journey by edith wharton sparknotes: The Astral Kate Christensen, 2012-06-12 In the gentrifying neighborhood of Greenpoint, Brooklyn, rests a huge rose-colored apartment building called The Astral. For decades it was the happy home of the poet Harry Quirk, his wife, Luz, and their two children: Karina, now a fervent freegan, and Hector, now in the clutches of a cultish Christian community. But when Luz finds poems that ignite her long-simmering suspicions of infidelity, Harry is summarily kicked out, leaving him to reckon with the consequence of his literary, marital, and parental failures. With tremendous grace and acute perception, Kate Christensen details Harry’s floundering attempts to find his way back into Luz’s arms—and back to his better self—in a novel that is funny, bittersweet, and terrifically moving. |
| a journey by edith wharton sparknotes: The Gods Arrive Edith Wharton, 2016-04-01 This early work by Edith Wharton was originally published in 1932 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Gods Arrive' is a sequel to 'Hudson River Bracketed' in which the characters, Halo and Vance, try to continue their literary relationship. Edith Wharton was born in New York City in 1862. Wharton's first poems were published in Scribner's Magazine. In 1891, the same publication printed the first of her many short stories, titled 'Mrs. Manstey's View'. Over the next four decades, they - along with other well-established American publications such as Atlantic Monthly, Century Magazine, Harper's and Lippincott's - regularly published her work. |
| a journey by edith wharton sparknotes: The Marriage Plot Jeffrey Eugenides, 2011-10-11 The long-awaited new novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jeffrey Eugenides. There is no happiness in love, except at the end of an English novel. —Anthony Trollope, Barchester Towers Madeleine Hanna was the dutiful English major who didn't get the memo. While everyone else in the early 1980s was reading Derrida, she was happily absorbed with Jane Austen and George Eliot: purveyors of the marriage plot that lies at the heart of the greatest English novels. Madeleine was the girl who dressed a little too nicely for the taste of her more bohemian friends, the perfect girlfriend whose college love life, despite her good looks, hadn't lived up to expectations. But now, in the spring of her senior year, Madeleine has enrolled in a semiotics course to see what all the fuss is about, and, for reasons that have nothing to do with school, life and literature will never be the same. Not after she falls in love with Leonard Morten - charismatic loner, college Darwinist and lost Oregon boy - who is possessed of seemingly inexhaustible energy and introduces her to the ecstasies of immediate experience. And certainly not after Mitchell Grammaticus - devotee of Patti Smith and Thomas Merton - resurfaces in her life, obsessed with the idea that Madeleine is destined to be his mate. The triangle in this amazing and delicious novel about a generation beginning to grow up is age old, and completely fresh and surprising. With devastating wit, irony and an abiding understanding and love for his characters, Jeffrey Eugenides resuscitates the original energies of the novel while creating a story so contemporary that it reads like the intimate journal of our own lives. |
| a journey by edith wharton sparknotes: The Greater Inclination Edith Wharton, 1914 |
| a journey by edith wharton sparknotes: Souls Belated Edith Wharton, 2024-05-15 Delve into the complexities of love, freedom, and societal expectations with Edith Wharton's captivating novella, Souls Belated. Set against the backdrop of late 19th-century Europe, this thought-provoking tale follows the unconventional romance between two individuals who defy social conventions in pursuit of their own happiness. At its core, Souls Belated is the story of Lydia and Gannett, two lovers who find themselves entangled in a web of moral ambiguity and societal disapproval. When Lydia leaves her husband to embark on a new life with Gannett, the couple faces scorn and condemnation from their families and society at large. As they navigate the challenges of their newfound freedom, Lydia and Gannett must confront their own inner conflicts and the harsh realities of the world around them. Through Wharton's elegant prose and incisive social commentary, readers are drawn into a world of passion, longing, and moral ambiguity, where the pursuit of happiness often comes at a steep price. With its richly drawn characters, nuanced storytelling, and exploration of timeless themes, Souls Belated offers readers a poignant meditation on the nature of love, freedom, and the search for authenticity in a world governed by social expectations. More than just a romance, Souls Belated is a meditation on the human condition and the perennial struggle for autonomy and self-determination. As Lydia and Gannett grapple with the consequences of their choices, they confront the timeless questions of duty, morality, and the pursuit of personal happiness, reminding readers of the complexities of the human heart and the enduring power of love to transcend societal constraints. |
| a journey by edith wharton sparknotes: Hudson River Bracketed Edith Wharton, 2025-02-04 An aspiring writer from the Midwest finds inspiration and heartache in New York’s Hudson Valley in this classic novel by the author of The House of Mirth. It’s the early 1920s, a time when all of America seems to be hurtling toward transformation. Vance Weston, a young man from Euphoria, Illinois, decamps for New York with grand ambitions of becoming an author. There he meets Halo Spear, a remarkable young woman who introduces Vance to great writers of the past. When they meet again years later, Halo and her wealthy husband, Lewis, introduce Vance to New York’s exclusive literary and artistic circles. Caught in an unhappy marriage that is preventing him from pursuing his craft, Vance finally manages to write the novel that makes his name, only to discover success is hardly the answer to life’s dilemmas. |
| a journey by edith wharton sparknotes: Summary of Katherine Clarke's Billionaires Row Milkyway Media, 2024-01-25 Get the Summary of Katherine Clarke's Billionaires Row in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Billionaires Row by Katherine Clarke delves into the tumultuous world of Manhattan's luxury real estate, focusing on the rise and fall of developers like Harry Macklowe and Gary Barnett. The book traces the transformation of 57th Street into Billionaires' Row, starting from its 19th-century residential prestige to its current status as a hub for ultra-luxury skyscrapers. Clarke recounts the financial overreach of Harry Macklowe, leading to the forced sale of the GM Building and his subsequent quest for redemption with the Drake Hotel project... |
| a journey by edith wharton sparknotes: Spring Ali Smith, 2020-04-07 “This is the most political book thus far in this earthy and humane series. Its heart is worn far out on its sleeve. It beats arrhythmically somewhere down near the knuckles. . . . Smith’s vision isn’t fundamentally pessimistic, however. There’s too much squirming life in her fiction, slashes of cleansing light for those who seek it.” —New York Times “Her best book yet, a dazzling hymn to hope, uniting the past and the present with a chorus of voices.” —The Guardian From the Man Booker-shortlisted author of Autumn and Winter, as well as the Baileys Prize-winning How to Be Both, comes the next installment in the remarkable, once-in-a-generation masterpiece, the Seasonal Quartet What unites Katherine Mansfield, Charlie Chaplin, Shakespeare, Rilke, Beethoven, Brexit, the present, the past, the north, the south, the east, the west, a man mourning lost times, a woman trapped in modern times? Spring. The great connective. With an eye to the migrancy of story over time, and riffing on Pericles, one of Shakespeare's most resistant and rollicking works, Ali Smith tells the impossible tale of an impossible time. In a time of walls and lockdown Smith opens the door. The time we're living in is changing nature. Will it change the nature of story? Hope springs eternal. |
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Journey (band) - Wikipedia
Journey is an American rock band formed in San Francisco in 1973 by former members of Santana, the Steve Miller Band, and Frumious Bandersnatch. [7]
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At Journey, we’re redefining what a dance competition can be. From our high-energy atmosphere to our passionate team, we create unforgettable experiences that make every dancer, director, …
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Track listing:01. Only the Young 00:00 02. Don't Stop Believin' 04:1903. Wheel in the Sky 08:30 04. Faithfully 12:42 05. I'll Be Alright Without You 17:12 06...
Journey Music | Official Online Store
Listen as the classic band roars back to form. A soaring, modern album of 12 original songs. "This is Journey with combat boots on." 11 re-recorded classics in union with 11 new, hard-hitting …
journey - Greatest Hits - YouTube Music
Enjoy the greatest hits of journey in this playlist. Check out other playlists for audio videos, live performances, interviews and more...
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May 2, 2025 · Journey Dance Competition takes pride in producing the industry's best dance competitions. We deliver exciting, world-class live events in a high-energy, feel-good …
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Journey's blend of melodic hard rock, unshakeable anthemic hooks, and epic balladry helped define the sound of radio rock while accumulating 25 gold- and platinum-certified albums.
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