{"product_id":"9780486800745","title":"Edith Wharton The Dover Reader","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Fantastic collection for Wharton fans and new readers. I think this is perfect for students.\" — Georgetown University\u003cbr\u003eBorn into wealth and aristocracy, Edith Wharton (1862–1937) was a member as well as an observer of fashionable New York society. Aspirations to authorship consigned her to outsider status among the idle rich; nevertheless, she drew upon her privileged social position to create witty and psychologically insightful novels and short stories about people from all walks of life.\u003cbr\u003eThis well-rounded introduction to Wharton's works features the complete text of her Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Innocence, \u003c\/i\u003eas well as her haunting novella, \u003ci\u003eEthan Frome. \u003c\/i\u003eSeveral excerpts from her highly influential guide to interior design, \u003ci\u003eThe Decoration of Houses,\u003c\/i\u003e offer samples of Wharton's nonfiction style. The collection also includes four short stories as well as several poems.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47180258902256,"sku":"9780486800745","price":5.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780486800745_p0.jpg?v=1763709035","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780486800745","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}