Edith Wharton (1862–1937), the author of such classics as The Age of Innocence, The House of Mirth, and The Custom of the Country, is best known for her 'society novels,' in which she analyzed the changing scene of fashionable American life in contrast to that of Old Europe.
Edith Wharton’s superb satirical novel of the Jazz Age, a critically praised bestseller when it was first published in 1927 Whether it is sex, drugs, or infatuation with the occult, Mrs. Manford and her extended family of socialites are determined to...[SEE MORE]