The first biography in 20 years of America's foremost female novelist. Drawing on a wealth of new sources unavailable to previous biographers, Benstock offers a rare glimpse into the intricate network of relationships between a writer's public reputation and her private life and allows Edith Wharton her own voice as both woman and writer. Two 8-page inserts.
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The first biography in 20 years of America's foremost female novelist. Drawing on a wealth of new sources unavailable to previous biographers, Benstock offers a rare glimpse into the intricate network of relationships between a writer's public reputation and her private life and allows Edith Wharton her own voice as both woman and writer. Two 8-page inserts.
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Fine in VG jacket. Remainder stripe upper page edges, not ex-lib. Hardcover with teal paper over boards and brown quarter-cloth, in light blue and brown glossy jacket, large 8vo. xi + 546pp. Index, endnotes, two sections b/w plates. Fine/VG. Apart from remainder stripe, book is as new: bright, tight, sharp and unmarked. Jacket has light abrasion with shallow rolling creases at upper spine end; light clouding to dark background of rear panel. Else Fine: clean and bright in Brodart.
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