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Edith Wharton (1862–1937)

Autor(a) de The Age of Innocence

379+ Works 55,872 Membros 1,279 Críticas 364 Favorited

About the Author

Edith Wharton was a woman of extreme contrasts; brought up to be a leisured aristocrat, she was also dedicated to her career as a writer. She wrote novels of manners about the old New York society from which she came, but her attitude was consistently critical. Her irony and her satiric touches, as mostrar mais well as her insight into human character, continue to appeal to readers today. As a child, Wharton found refuge from the demands of her mother's social world in her father's library and in making up stories. Her marriage at age 23 to Edward ("Teddy") Wharton seemed to confirm her place in the conventional role of wealthy society woman, but she became increasingly dissatisfied with the "mundanities" of her marriage and turned to writing, which drew her into an intellectual community and strengthened her sense of self. After publishing two collections of short stories, The Greater Inclination (1899) and Crucial Instances (1901), she wrote her first novel, The Valley of Decision (1902), a long, historical romance set in eighteenth-century Italy. Her next work, the immensely popular The House of Mirth (1905), was a scathing criticism of her own "frivolous" New York society and its capacity to destroy her heroine, the beautiful Lily Bart. As Wharton became more established as a successful writer, Teddy's mental health declined and their marriage deteriorated. In 1907 she left America altogether and settled in Paris, where she wrote some of her most memorable stories of harsh New England rural life---Ethan Frome (1911) and Summer (1917)---as well as The Reef (1912), which is set in France. All describe characters forced to make moral choices in which the rights of individuals are pitted against their responsibilities to others. She also completed her most biting satire, The Custom of the Country (1913), the story of Undine Spragg's climb, marriage by marriage, from a midwestern town to New York to a French chateau. During World War I, Wharton dedicated herself to the war effort and was honored by the French government for her work with Belgian refugees. After the war, the world Wharton had known was gone. Even her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Age of Innocence (1920), a story set in old New York, could not recapture the former time. Although the new age welcomed her---Wharton was both a critical and popular success, honored by Yale University and elected to The National Institute of Arts and Letters---her later novels show her struggling to come to terms with a new era. In The Writing of Fiction (1925), Wharton acknowledged her debt to her friend Henry James, whose writings share with hers the descriptions of fine distinctions within a social class and the individual's burdens of making proper moral decisions. R.W.B. Lewis's biography of Wharton, published in 1975, along with a wealth of new biographical material, inspired an extensive reevaluation of Wharton. Feminist readings and reactions to them have focused renewed attention on her as a woman and as an artist. Although many of her books have recently been reprinted, there is still no complete collected edition of her work. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos

Séries

Obras por Edith Wharton

The Age of Innocence (1920) 13,811 exemplares
The House of Mirth (1905) 9,658 exemplares
Ethan Frome (1911) — Autor — 9,441 exemplares
The Custom of the Country (1913) 2,368 exemplares
Summer (1917) 2,121 exemplares
The Buccaneers (1937) 1,313 exemplares
The Glimpses of the Moon (1922) 1,000 exemplares
The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton (1973) 901 exemplares
The Reef (1912) 817 exemplares
Old New York (1924) 676 exemplares
Roman Fever and Other Stories (1964) 571 exemplares
Ethan Frome and Selected Stories (2004) 501 exemplares
The Children (1928) 489 exemplares
Twilight Sleep (1927) 384 exemplares
Madame de Treymes (1907) 379 exemplares
The Mother's Recompense (1925) 348 exemplares
The Decoration of Houses (1897) 318 exemplares
The Touchstone (1900) 312 exemplares
Ethan Frome / Summer (1982) 301 exemplares
Bunner Sisters (1916) 283 exemplares
Collected Stories 1911-1937 (2001) 260 exemplares
Collected Stories 1891-1910 (2001) 247 exemplares
In Morocco (1919) 238 exemplares
Short Stories (1994) 222 exemplares
Hudson River Bracketed (1929) 218 exemplares
Italian Villas and Their Gardens (1904) 180 exemplares
The Writing of Fiction (1925) 178 exemplares
The Fruit of the Tree (1907) 178 exemplares
The Reckoning (1600) 160 exemplares
The Old Maid (1924) 154 exemplares
Sanctuary (1903) 148 exemplares
A son at the front (1923) 145 exemplares
Souls Belated (1899) 120 exemplares
The Gods Arrive (1932) 117 exemplares
The Letters of Edith Wharton (1910) 113 exemplares
Xingu (1916) 111 exemplares
Ghosts (1937) 106 exemplares
Afterward [short fiction] (1910) 92 exemplares
A motor-flight through France (1908) 86 exemplares
Tales of Men and Ghosts (1910) 84 exemplares
French Ways and Their Meaning (1919) 79 exemplares
The Valley of Decision (1902) 74 exemplares
Italian Backgrounds (1905) 73 exemplares
The Edith Wharton omnibus (1978) 73 exemplares
The Stories of Edith Wharton (1982) 69 exemplares
The Uncollected Critical Writings (1996) 66 exemplares
Edith Wharton: Selected Poems (2005) 59 exemplares
The Cruise of the Vanadis (2004) 47 exemplares
Fast and Loose and The Buccaneers (1977) 45 exemplares
The Greater Inclination (1899) 41 exemplares
The Letters [short story] (1995) 38 exemplares
The Hermit and the Wild Woman (1908) 36 exemplares
The Marne (1918) 36 exemplares
New Year's Day (1924) 35 exemplares
The Vice of Reading (1900) 32 exemplares
Edith Wharton Reader (1965) 32 exemplares
Crucial Instances (1901) 31 exemplares
The Eyes (1994) 29 exemplares
21 Essential American Short Stories (2011) — Contribuidor — 24 exemplares
The World Over (1936) 22 exemplares
The Works of Edith Wharton (1987) 22 exemplares
Cuentos inquietantes (2015) 21 exemplares
Here and Beyond (1926) 18 exemplares
Os Outros Dois (1994) 18 exemplares
Xingu and Other Stories (1916) 18 exemplares
Kerfol (1916) 17 exemplares
The Book of the Homeless (1916) 16 exemplares
Roman Fever [short story] (2014) 15 exemplares
Works of Edith Wharton (31 Books) (2009) 15 exemplares
Selected Poems of Edith Wharton (2019) 14 exemplares
Certain People (1930) 13 exemplares
Coming Home (2011) 13 exemplares
The Choice (2010) 12 exemplares
Human Nature (1933) 12 exemplares
Pomegranate Seed (1993) 10 exemplares
The Long Run (2004) 10 exemplares
Edith Wharton: 14 Great Novels (2014) 10 exemplares
The Old Maid [1939 film] (1939) — Autor — 9 exemplares
An Edith Wharton treasury (1950) 8 exemplares
Her Son (1995) 8 exemplares
Une affaire de charme (2002) 7 exemplares
The House Of The Dead Hand (2004) 7 exemplares
Best of Women's Short Stories, Volume 3 (2007) — Contribuidor — 7 exemplares
The Lady's Maid's Bell (2004) 7 exemplares
The Edith Wharton Collection (2013) 7 exemplares
Autres Temps (2011) 7 exemplares
Bewitched [Short Story] (2017) 6 exemplares
Mr. Jones (2008) 6 exemplares
The Bolted Door (2004) 6 exemplares
Les Metteurs en scène (2001) 5 exemplares
The Pelican {short story} (1996) 5 exemplares
Three Great American Novels (1953) 5 exemplares
Atrophy (in Stories Volume One) (2009) 5 exemplares
The Mission of Jane (2004) 4 exemplares
Escribir ficción (2012) 4 exemplares
BACK TO COMPOSTELA (2011) 4 exemplares
The Fullness of Life (2013) 4 exemplares
Quartet: Four Stories 4 exemplares
Crucial Instances; Sanctuary (2007) 4 exemplares
Estate (1993) 4 exemplares
Contos (Portuguese Edition) (2007) 3 exemplares
Meistererzählungen. (1994) 3 exemplares
Mrs. Manstey's View (2013) 3 exemplares
After Holbein (2015) 3 exemplares
Cuentos completos II. 1909-1937 (2019) 3 exemplares
Vârsta inocenţei (2011) 3 exemplares
Triangoli imperfetti 3 exemplares
A Journey (2014) 3 exemplares
Seltsame Ehegeschichten (1992) 3 exemplares
Encanto y compañía (1900) 3 exemplares
Criticar ficción (2012) 3 exemplares
A Coward (2015) 3 exemplares
Madame de Treynes 2 exemplares
TREASURY (1950) 2 exemplares
Preuve d'amour (2005) 2 exemplares
Xingn??? 2 exemplares
Fantasmi (2022) 2 exemplares
Estiu (2023) 2 exemplares
Four Classic Horror Stories (2020) 2 exemplares
El vici de la lectura (2020) 2 exemplares
La sombra de la duda (2019) 2 exemplares
The Poetry Of Edith Wharton (2013) 2 exemplares
The Moving Finger (1996) 2 exemplares
Gruselkabinett: Verhext (2010) 2 exemplares
The Last Asset [short story] (2013) 2 exemplares
Verão 2 exemplares
Unheimliche Geschichten (1991) 2 exemplares
Parson's Pleasure / The Other Two (2010) — Contribuidor — 2 exemplares
The age of innocence 2 exemplares
SUFLETUL OMULUI 2 exemplares
Keyif Evi (2010) 2 exemplares
Pedra de Toque, A (2015) 1 exemplar
Au temps de l'innocence (2017) 1 exemplar
Wharton Novels 1 exemplar
“The Portrait” 1 exemplar
Iki Kiz Kardes (2013) 1 exemplar
Il ritorno a casa 1 exemplar
Il giorno dei morti (2011) 1 exemplar
Relato em Marrocos 1 exemplar
OBSTACOLE 1 exemplar
“Roman Fever” 1 exemplar
14 Great Novels 1 exemplar
Świat zabawy 1 exemplar
the mother 1 exemplar
WHARTON: NOVELS 1 exemplar
Wiek niewinnosci 1 exemplar
Sanctuary (2017) 1 exemplar
Siostry Bunner 1 exemplar
Pienezza di vita 1 exemplar
Καλοκαίρι 1 exemplar
MOSHA E PAFAJESISE 1 exemplar
Eté - Collector (2022) 1 exemplar
Wiek niewinnosci 1 exemplar
L'incidente 1 exemplar
Una dona soltera (2023) 1 exemplar
Falso Amanhecer 1 exemplar
A TUSCAN SHRINE (1895) 1 exemplar
APRIL SHOWERS (1900) 1 exemplar
Twelve poems (1926) 1 exemplar
Edith Wharton's Verse (2008) 1 exemplar
Edith Wharton, 10 volumes (1902) 1 exemplar
Cuentos 1 exemplar
The Angel at the Grave (2014) 1 exemplar
El diagnóstico 1 exemplar
The refugees (1995) 1 exemplar
The Scribner Treasury (1953) 1 exemplar
The Works of Edith Wharton (2009) 1 exemplar
Gli infelicissimi 1 exemplar
Wharton Edith 1 exemplar
El día del entierro (2013) 1 exemplar
The Verdict (2013) 1 exemplar
Piedra de toque (2011) 1 exemplar
DIEU D'AMOUR 1 exemplar
Viaggio in Francia 1 exemplar
Voyages au front (2018) 1 exemplar
Le fils et autres nouvelles (1991) 1 exemplar
The Wharton Gothics (2020) 1 exemplar
Falsa partenza (2019) 1 exemplar
Storie di New York (2016) 1 exemplar
Sorelle Bunner 1 exemplar
Pelikan (2016) 1 exemplar
Der Unfall 1 exemplar

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Black Water: The Book of Fantastic Literature (1983) — Contribuidor — 499 exemplares
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Fifty Great American Short Stories (1965) — Contribuidor — 430 exemplares
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Women & Fiction: Short Stories By and About Women (1975) — Contribuidor — 365 exemplares
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Americans in Paris: A Literary Anthology (2004) — Contribuidor — 297 exemplares
A Treasury of Short Stories (1947) — Contribuidor — 291 exemplares
Writing New York: A Literary Anthology (1998) — Contribuidor — 275 exemplares
The Treasury of American Short Stories (1981) — Contribuidor — 267 exemplares
Maiden Voyages: Writings of Women Travelers (1993) — Contribuidor — 191 exemplares
World War I and America: Told by the Americans Who Lived It (1918) — Contribuidor — 190 exemplares
Daughters of Decadence: Women Writers of the Fin-de-Siècle (1993) — Contribuidor — 184 exemplares
Stories to Remember {complete} (1956) — Contribuidor — 181 exemplares
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Sixteen Short Novels (1985) — Contribuidor — 174 exemplares
The Big Book of Classic Fantasy (2019) — Contribuidor — 166 exemplares
American Religious Poems: An Anthology (2006) — Contribuidor — 162 exemplares
The Age of Innocence [1993 film] (1993) — Original book — 157 exemplares
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New York Stories (Everyman's Pocket Classics) (2011) — Contribuidor, algumas edições152 exemplares
Murder & Other Acts of Literature (1997) — Contribuidor — 147 exemplares
The Virago Book of Ghost Stories (2006) — Contribuidor — 138 exemplares
The Saturday Evening Post Treasury (1954) — Contribuidor — 137 exemplares
An Anthology of Famous American Stories (1953) — Contribuidor — 137 exemplares
Chilling Horror Short Stories (2016) — Contribuidor — 136 exemplares
The Mammoth Book of Modern Ghost Stories (2007) — Contribuidor — 133 exemplares
Stories to Remember, Volume II (1956) — Contribuidor — 126 exemplares
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The Penguin Book of Women's Humour (1996) — Contribuidor — 117 exemplares
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The Lifted Veil: Women's 19th Century Stories (2005) — Contribuidor — 113 exemplares
Haunted America: Star-Spangled Supernatural Stories (1990) — Contribuidor — 111 exemplares
The Scribner Treasury: 22 Classic Tales (1952) — Contribuidor — 99 exemplares
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American Short Stories (1976) — Contribuidor, algumas edições95 exemplares
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The Oxford Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories (1996) — Contribuidor — 70 exemplares
The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories by Women (2012) — Contribuidor — 70 exemplares
The Uncanny Reader: Stories from the Shadows (2015) — Contribuidor — 68 exemplares
The Heath Anthology of American Literature, Concise Edition (2003) — Contribuidor — 68 exemplares
Haunted House Short Stories (Gothic Fantasy) (2019) — Contribuidor — 67 exemplares
Children of the Night (2007) — Autor — 66 exemplares
Nightshade: 20th Century Ghost Stories (1999) — Contribuidor — 64 exemplares
A Fabulous Formless Darkness (1991) — Contribuidor — 64 exemplares
Love Stories (1983) — Contribuidor — 60 exemplares
65 Great Tales of the Supernatural (1979) — Contribuidor — 59 exemplares
The Vintage Book of American Women Writers (2011) — Contribuidor — 56 exemplares
Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy, Volume 10: Ghosts (1988) — Contribuidor — 55 exemplares
The Second Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1966) — Contribuidor — 55 exemplares
Infinite Riches (1993) — Contribuidor — 54 exemplares
The Secret Self 2: Short Stories by Women (1987) — Contribuidor — 53 exemplares
Reading for Pleasure (1957) — Contribuidor — 51 exemplares
The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories 2 (1656) — Contribuidor — 50 exemplares
The Mists from Beyond (1993) — Contribuidor — 50 exemplares
The House of Mirth [2000 film] (2001) — Original novel — 49 exemplares
The Norton Book Of Ghost Stories (1994) — Contribuidor — 49 exemplares
Scribbling Women: Short Stories by 19th-Century American Women (1997) — Contribuidor — 49 exemplares
The Best American Mystery Stories of the 19th Century (2014) — Contribuidor — 49 exemplares
Manhattan Noir 2: The Classics (2008) — Contribuidor — 48 exemplares
The Ultimate Halloween (2001) — Contribuidor — 47 exemplares
The Experience of the American Woman (1978) — Contribuidor — 46 exemplares
Masters of the Modern Short Story (1945) — Contribuidor — 46 exemplares
An Omnibus of 20th Century Ghost Stories (1989) — Contribuidor — 45 exemplares
The Signet Classic Book of Contemporary American Short Stories (1985) — Contribuidor — 42 exemplares
The Haunted Library: Classic Ghost Stories (2016) — Contribuidor — 41 exemplares
Tales from the Dead of Night (2013) — Contribuidor — 40 exemplares
A Quarto of Modern Literature (1935) — Contribuidor — 39 exemplares
Anthology of Fear 20 Haunting Stories for Winter Nights (1988) — Contribuidor — 37 exemplares
Some Things Fierce and Fatal (1971) — Contribuidor — 35 exemplares
XII Twelve Short Novels (1961) — Contribuidor — 34 exemplares
Round the Christmas Fire: Festive Stories (2013) — Contribuidor — 34 exemplares
Medusa's Daughters (2020) — Contribuidor — 34 exemplares
Mothers and Daughters: An Anthology (1998) — Contribuidor — 33 exemplares
Midnight Specials (1977) — Contribuidor — 33 exemplares
The Secret Self: A Century of Short Stories by Women (1995) — Contribuidor — 33 exemplares
American Gothic Short Stories (Gothic Fantasy) (2019) — Contribuidor — 32 exemplares
Rediscoveries: American Short Stories by Women, 1832-1916 (1994) — Contribuidor — 32 exemplares
Bodies of the Dead and Other Great American Ghost Stories (1995) — Contribuidor — 31 exemplares
Classic Ghost Stories: Spooky Tales to Read at Christmas (2017) — Contribuidor — 29 exemplares
Night Shadows: Twentieth-Century Stories of the Uncanny (2001) — Contribuidor — 29 exemplares
Stories for the Dead of Night (1957) — Contribuidor — 28 exemplares
Footsteps in the Dark: Short Stories (2020) — Contribuidor — 27 exemplares
American gothic : An anthology 1787–1916 (1999) — Contribuidor — 26 exemplares
The Buccaneers [1995 TV mini series] (2006) — Original book — 26 exemplares
The Second Persephone Book of Short Stories (2019) — Contribuidor — 25 exemplares
The Ninth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1973) — Contribuidor — 23 exemplares
Spectral Sounds: Unquiet Tales of Acoustic Weird (2022) — Contribuidor — 23 exemplares
Women's Friendships: A Collection of Short Stories (1991) — Contribuidor — 23 exemplares
Eight Short Novels (1967) — Contribuidor — 22 exemplares
Studies in Fiction (1965) — Contribuidor — 22 exemplares
Unforgettable Ghost Stories by Women Writers (2008) — Contribuidor — 19 exemplares
Fiction International 22: Pornography & Censorship (1992) — Contribuidor — 16 exemplares
The Fireside Book of Ghost Stories (1947) — Contribuidor — 16 exemplares
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The Age of Innocence [1934 film] (2011) — Original book — 2 exemplares
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Conhecimento Comum

Nome canónico
Wharton, Edith
Nome legal
Jones, Edith Newbold (birth)
Data de nascimento
1862-01-24
Data de falecimento
1937-08-11
Localização do túmulo
Cimetière des Gonards, Versailles, France
Sexo
female
Nacionalidade
USA
Local de nascimento
New York, New York, USA
Local de falecimento
Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt, Val-d'Oise, France
Causa da morte
stroke
Locais de residência
New York, New York, USA
Lenox, Massachusetts, USA
Paris, France
Hyères, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt, Val-d'Oise, France
Educação
at home
Ocupações
novelist
short story writer
travel writer
landscape architect
designer
Relações
Clark, Colin (godson)
Farrand, Beatrix (niece)
Fullerton, William Morton (lover)
Wharton, Edward Robbins (ex-husband)
Prémios e menções honrosas
Chevalier of the Legion of Honour (1916)
nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature (1927, 1928, 1930)
American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature | 1926)
Pulitzer Prize in Literature (1921)
National Women's Hall of Fame (1996)

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Edith Wharton was born Edith Newbold Jones to a wealthy New York family. She spent her early childhood in Europe, where she developed a gift for languages and a deep appreciation for art, architecture and literature.

She was educated by governesses and by her own reading, and began writing at any early age. Verses, her first volume of poems, was published privately when she was 16. In 1885, she married Edward "Teddy" Wharton, 12 years her senior. In 1897, with Ogden Codman, Jr., an architect friend, she published her first major book, The Decoration of Houses (1897). A few years later, she bought 113-acres in Lenox, Massachusetts, then designed and built The Mount, a country home to meet her needs as a designer, gardener, hostess, and writer. During the next 10 years at The Mount, she wrote some of her greatest works, including The House of Mirth (1905) and Ethan Frome (1911). After a divorce from Teddy Wharton in 1913, she moved permanently to France. During World War I, she did social reform and humanitarian work, including establishing schools for refugee children, for which she received the Legion of Honor.

Membros

Discussions

Folio Archives 267: The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton 1990 em Folio Society Devotees (Abril 2022)
Found: Wharton-esque Americans in Italy em Name that Book (Abril 2022)
December 2021: Edith Wharton em Monthly Author Reads (Janeiro 2022)
Group Read, June 2021: The Glimpses of the Moon em 1001 Books to read before you die (Julho 2021)
August: Reading Edith Wharton em Monthly Author Reads (Junho 2018)
March Read: Edith Wharton em Virago Modern Classics (Maio 2017)
1913: Wharton - The Custom of the Country em Literary Centennials (Fevereiro 2014)
The Age of Innocence: Chapters 25-34 em 75 Books Challenge for 2011 (Novembro 2011)
***Group Read: The Age of Innocence em The Highly-Rated Book Group (Outubro 2011)
The Age of Innocence: Chapters 14-24 em 75 Books Challenge for 2011 (Outubro 2011)
The Age of Innocence: Chapters 1-13 em 75 Books Challenge for 2011 (Outubro 2011)
The AGE OF INNOCENCE Group Read: Main Thread em 75 Books Challenge for 2011 (Outubro 2011)

Críticas

Adorei a história deste livro. Não só é uma linda história de amor, daquelas que vai ficar para sempre na memória, é também uma crítica à sociedade da época (finais do século XIX), uma sociedade onde se evitava a todo o custo o desagradável. Onde o individual era sacrificado pelo cumprimento das regras da sociedade, o que implicava, muitas vezes, renunciar à felicidade e ao amor devido ao cumprimento de compromissos assumidos.
O final não foi o que idealizei, mas considerando a personalidade de Archer, sei que era o único final possível...… (mais)
 
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Washington Irving Contributor
Frank Stockton Contributor
James Thurber Contributor
Stephen Crane Contributor
Shirley Jackson Contributor
Ambrose Bierce Contributor
O'Henry Contributor
Zoë Akins Author
Casey Robinson Screenplay
Louisa May Alcott Contributor
Kent Ljungquist Introduction
Stanley Applebaum General editor
Gore Vidal Introduction
Frederick Wegener Editor & Introduction
Barbara Leigh-Hunt Narrator, Contributor
Hal B. Wallis Producer
Max Steiner Composer
Saki Contributor
Wilkie Collins Contributor
Marcel Proust Contributor
Cynthia Griffin Wolff Introduction, Editor
Gabrielle Bordwin Cover designer
Marilyn French Introduction, Afterword
Elaine Showalter Editor, Introduction
Candace Waid Introduction, Contributor
Tommaso Pisanti Editor, Introduction
Keith Carabine Series editor, Editor
Gerard Cheshire Contributor
Stephen Orgel Introduction, Editor
Diane Johnson Introduction
Lorna Raver Narrator
Harold Bloom Introduction
Matthew Woodson Illustrator
Romà Ribera Cover artist
Alan Munro Narrator
Maureen Howard Introduction
Stephen Shore Photographer
William Lyon Phelps Introduction
Flo Gibson Narrator
E. M. Forster Introduction
Dick Hill Narrator
Mary Sarah Narrator
Raver Lorna Narrator
Pietro Negri Translator
Penelope Lively Introduction
Phoebe Judge Narrator
Brenda Dayne Narrator
Nina Bawden Introduction
A. B. Wenzell Illustrator
Luciana Pirè Translator
Janet Beer Editor
Anna Fields Narrator
Edmond Aman-Jean Cover artist
Eleanor Bron Narrator
Pamela Scott Wilkie Cover artist
Joseph Bartelli Illustrator
John Twachtman Cover artist
Greti Ducci Translator
C M Hébert Narrator
Edith Peel Editor
L. Augelini Translator
E H Van Deusen Contributor
Jüri Kaarma Kujundaja.
Djuke Houweling Translator
Joni Jacobs Cover designer
Charlotte Gerlings Introduction
Anita Shreve Foreword
Richard Thomas Translator
Gela Pez Translator
Joseph Tomanek Cover Art
E. Dal Fabbro Traduttore
Bruce Rogers Designer
Taciser Belge Translator
Scott Brick Narrator
Paul E. Kennedy Cover designer
Helen T. Munn Foreword
Yuan Shi Illustrator
Mary Flanagan Introduction
Michael Heß Illustrator
Judith Fryer Contributor
Kathryn Delaney Cover designer
Marcella Hannau Translator
Emily Hutchinson Abridged edition by
Jim Killavey Narrator
Tiziana Lo Porto Translator
Lucio Angelini Translator
Terje Kuusik Toimetaja.
Elisabetta Rasy Introduction
Carroll D. Wright Contributor
Lionel Trilling Contributor
Alfred Kazin Afterword
Susanna Moore Afterword
Bernard DeVoto Introduction
Pamela Knights Introduction
Robin Peel Editor
Xavier Pàmies Translator
Charles Ziga Designer
William Hope Narrator
Pierre Leyris Traduction
Henry Varnum Poor Illustrator
Doris Grumbach Introduction
James McConnell Illustrator
Claudia Wenner Translator
Lev Raphael Contributor
Karin Suursalu Translator
Clifton Fadiman Introduction
Jennifer Basset Series Editor
Adam Sims Narrator
Jeffrey Brown Illustrator
Ángela Pérez Translator
Scott Marshall Contributor
Bernard De Voto Introduction
Vito Amoruso Introduction
Linda Wagner-Martin Introduction, Editor
A. Stevens Cover artist
Grace Conlin Narrator
Joss Barratt Cover artist
Janet Beer Goodwyn Introduction
Maggie Wadey Screenplay
Roxana Robinson Editor, Introduction
Mary Gordon Introduction
Penelope Farmer Introduction
Edwin Björkman Afterword
Geoffrey Walton Afterword
Gustaf Ankarcrona Cover artist
Elizabeth Strout Introduction
Seth Illustrator
Maxfield Parrish Illustrator
Yolanda Morató Introduction
Pilar Adón Translator
E. C. Peixotto Illustrator
Mari Devon Narrator

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