Autor Edith Wharton
A moving portrayal of the struggle between desire and duty in nineteenth-century New York high societyNewland Archer, an eligible young man of the establishment is about to announce his engagement to May Welland, a pretty ingénue, when May's cousin,…
One of the titles in an exciting series of beloved, charming and spooky ghost stories, brought to life by legendary illustrator Seth. When Lady Jane Lynke unexpectedly inherits Bells, a beautiful country estate, she declares she'll never leave the peaceful…
Dvě krátke prózy významné americké prozaičky z přelomu století se odehrávají ve venkovském prostředí v Nové Anglii a vyjímají se vedle sebe jako dva malované obrazy. Zima, autorčino nejprosnulejší dílo, laděné do ponurých barev, je baladickým příběhem…
Ethan Frome works his unproductive farm and struggles to maintain a bearable existence with his difficult, suspicious and hypochondriac wife, Zeena. But when Zeena's vivacious cousin enters their household as a 'hired girl', Ethan finds himself obsessed…
Lily Bart, beautiful and charming, living among the wealthy families of New York but reluctant to finally commit herself to a husband. In her search for freedom and the happiness she feels she deserves, Lily is ultimately ruined by scandal.
Initially serialized in the Pictorial Review in 1920, The Age of Innocence is a stylistic and intimate portrayal of upper class life in New York City during the Gilded Age. Lawyer and socialite Newland Archer is about to enter a loveless marriage with…
Edith Wharton (1862–1937) wrote carefully structured fiction that probed the psychological and social elements guiding the behavior of her characters. Her portrayals of upper-class New Yorkers were unrivaled. The Age of Innocence, for which Wharton won…
Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material online.…
'We can't behave like people in novels, though, can we?'Newland Archer and May Welland are the perfect couple. He is a wealthy young lawyer and she is a lovely and sweet-natured girl. All seems set for success until the arrival of May's unconventional…
In a society where people "dreaded scandal more than disease," passion was a force of ruin. Winner of the 1921 Pulitzer Prize, Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence is set amidst the pre-World War I "Golden Age" of upper-class society in New York and…
Společenská beletrie – román z přelomu 19. a 20. století Pokud byste se krásné Newyorčanky Lily Bartové zeptali, co vlastně od života chce, obrátila by k vám svůj okouzlující pohled, nadechla by se… a pak by se pravděpodobně zarazila. Její osud je totiž…
Ve strhujícím dvoudílném románu americké klasičky Edith Whartonové – mimochodem vůbec první ženy, která získala Pulitzerovu cenu – před námi ožívá mistrně vykreslená plejáda postav, které prožívají svůj „americký sen“ a touží po ukojení svých vášní ve…
Edith Wharton's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Age of Innocence, is both a poignant story of frustrated love and an extraordinarily vivid, delightfully satirical record of a vanished world. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning,…
“Newland felt more and more embarrassed. The men were all staring into the box where May was sitting between her mother and her aunt, he didn’t recognise the lady in the strange dress, and he didn’t know why everyone was so shocked to see her.” Newland…
Edith Whartonová, držitelka prestižní Pulitzerovy ceny, je právem označována za první dámu americké strašidelné povídky. Její horové povídky jsou více o strachu - iracionálním a všudypřítomném - než o strašidlech. Jsou také plné obav - z plíživé nemoci,…