The Portable Edith Wharton
- ISBN-10
- 0142437581
- ISBN-13
- 9780142437582
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 656
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Author
- Edith Wharton
Description
This unique collection is a rich representation of the works of one of the greatest 20th-century American writers, best known for her novels depicting the stifling conformity and ceremoniousness of the upper-class New York society into which she was born.
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