The Glimpses of the Moon
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
19 January 2006
Summary
She wondered if, when human souls try to get too near each other, they do not inevitably become mere blurs to each other’s vision.’
Susy Branch learned early that to thrive without money in a society driven by wealth one must dissemble, flatter and sometimes even drop one’s moral guard in order to share a little of one’s host’s luxury and leisure. Nick Lansing has also learned and wearied of the same lesson. Despite the foolishness of their romance - for each should be seeking a …Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781844083541 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1844083543 |
| Author: | Edith Wharton |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 19 January 2006 |
| Weight: | 259g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 127mm x 22mm |
| Series: | Virago Modern Classics |
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About The Author
Edith Wharton
Edith Wharton was born in 1862 in New York, and later lived in Rhode Island and France. Her first novel, The Valley of Decision, was published in 1902, and by 1913 she was writing at least one book a year. During the First World War she was awarded the Cross of the Legion d’Honneur and the Order of Leopold. In 1920, The Age of Innocence won the Pulitzer Prize; she was the first woman to receive a Doctorate of Letters from Yale University and in 1930 she became a member of the American Academy of Arts and letters. She died in 1937.
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