Edith Wharton
โ Scribed by Hermione Lee
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group;Vintage Books
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 1 MB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0307555852
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โฆ Synopsis
A critical biography of one of America's greatest writers describes Wharton's adventure-filled travels in Europe, the literary and artistic circles in which she lived and worked, her heroism during World War I, and the evolution of her writing.
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