Witryna28 sty 2007 · Edith Wharton once compared a woman's life to "a great house full of rooms". This is a tempting framework for any biographer, and one that Wharton's … Witryna10 lut 2016 · Edith Wharton. Beloved writer Edith Wharton (January 24, ... In a letter to Berenson found in Edith Wharton (public library), the excellent biography by Hermione Lee, Wharton considers solitude not as a maddening lonesomeness but as an anchor of sanity: I believe I know the only cure, which is to make one’s center of life inside of …
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WitrynaAfter loving Hermione Lee's biographies of Penelope Fitzgerald and Edith Wharton, I was disappointed in this book. As other reviewers have noted, the book focuses more on Cather's writing than on her life. It wasn't until the second to last chapter that I started to feel I was getting to know Cather a little because Lee includes a description ... Witryna8 kwi 2008 · From Hermione Lee, the internationally acclaimed, award-winning biographer of Virginia Woolf and Willa Cather, comes a superb reexamination of one of the most famous American women of … mingo beach
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Witryna7 sie 2004 · American novelist Edith Wharton was an intrepid traveller who was drawn to Europe's landscapes and history. Hermione Lee, author of a forthcoming biography, follows in her footsteps to Italy and ... WitrynaDame Hermione Lee, GBE, FBA, FRSL (born 29 February 1948 ... (2005), and a biography of Edith Wharton, published to mixed reviews in 2007 by Chatto & Windus … WitrynaEdith Wharton. Hardcover – 1 Feb. 2007. The name 'Edith Wharton' conjures up 'Gilded Age' New York, in all its snobbery and ruthlessness - the world of The Age of … most american songs