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e-Book Short Stories (Dover Thrift Editions) download

by Edith Wharton

ISBN: 048628235X
ISBN13: 978-0486282350
Language: English
Publisher: Dover Publications (October 21, 1994)
Pages: 128
Category: Short Stories and Anthologies
Subategory: Literature

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Rating: 4.6
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There are two common themes that run through this collection of 7 stories: (1) the writer and his/her place in society, and (2) women living through the complications of their emotional and/or sexual lives in the context of larger societal pressures. An ideal choice for literature or women's studies courses (as well as for private reading). Recommended as companion texts: the novel "Mrs

However, these short stories are not of the same caliber as House of Mirth.

However, these short stories are not of the same caliber as House of Mirth. They don't engage the reader, and after I finished a story, I couldn't help thinking, "Was that it?"

Язык: Английский The Gift of the Magi and Other Short Stories. Here are sixteen of the best stories by one of America's most popular storytellers

After some twenty years as a seaman, he became an established writer in 1894. The Gift of the Magi and Other Short Stories. Here are sixteen of the best stories by one of America's most popular storytellers. For nearly a century, the work of . enry has delighted readers with its humor, irony and colorful, real-life settings.

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Titles and authors are wide-ranging, but most are classic literature, drama and poetry in the public domain.

Although she grew up in a world of refined manners and fashionable people. Similar authors to follow.

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 well as her insight into human character, continue to appeal to readers today. Библиографические данные.

Described by literary critic Robert Morss Lovett as "a novelist of civilization, absorbed in the somewhat mechanical operations of civilization, absorbed in the somewhat mechanical operations of culture, preoccupied with the upper ('and inner') class," Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edith Wharton (1862-1937) also wrote superbly crafted works of short fiction. The seven stories in this excellent collection demonstrate the author's ability to create memorable tales on themes of love and marriage, divorce, the experience of the artist, high society and its workings and other topics."Souls Belated," a tragedy of mores, focuses on characters overcome by the demands of convention, while "The Pelican" and "The Muse's Tragedy" both present women whose realities differ from their public personae. "Expiation" is a satiric, revealing story about the publishing industry, featuring a writer determined to increase the sales of her first novel. In "The Dilettante," a young man who prides himself on his ability to manipulate women must face ironic consequences when he introduces his fiancée to his supposed lover. "Xingu" is a witty satire on the intellectual pretensions of a group of rich women, while "The Other Two" presents a darkly humorous look at the consequences of divorce.Gathered in this inexpensive volume, these stories provide an excellent sampling of Wharton's masterly efforts in the short story genre, a form of fiction she felt especially suited to her talents and one that enabled her to achieve a focused and intimate realism.
Comments:
kolos
Edith Wharton was a credible social satirist, drawing on her own observances of the upper class society to which she belonged to paint compelling portraits of characters struggling against the strictures imposed upon them by that very same society. The characters' reactions are all too familiar, evoking in readers feelings of sympathy as in "The Muse's Tragedy" and "Souls Belated", revulsion in "The Dilettante" and "Xingu", and a mixture of both in the other short stories featured here, i.e. "The Pelican", "Expiation",and "The Other Two". The stories have familiar themes such as love, divorce, marriage, and of course the ever present theme of society. For the price, a discerning reader will get to enjoy seven insightful short stories by a master of the genre.

Olwado
Edith Wharton's stories sometimes display decided echoes of her friend Henry James and identifying those echoes can be fun, but at her best Wharton is writer of great technical skill and subtly and quite worthy of The Master. Recovering topical reference also brings its own rewards--yet Wharton's brilliance ultimately lies, I think, in her profound grasp of the psychological promptings underlying her characters behavior. Wharton is a richly rewarding writer.

Mr.Death
This compilation shows how Edith Wharton grew as a writer, which is very interesting.

Nargas
Superb storyteller.

Vishura
I thought I would like these stories after reading a favorable review but I did not. Who cares about the day to day fumblings of the Victorian/American wealthy? Not me.

Coirad
The Dover Thrift Edition of "Short Stories" by Edith Wharton is a great collection of some of this writer's work. There are two common themes that run through this collection of 7 stories: (1) the writer and his/her place in society, and (2) women living through the complications of their emotional and/or sexual lives in the context of larger societal pressures. These thematic threads give the collection as a whole a pleasing coherence. The stories included are as follows:
"Expiation": about a woman novelist, this story looks at an intersection point in the worlds of literature and religion. "The Dilettante": about a troublesome romantic triangle. "The Muse's Tragedy": about the problematic emotional legacy of a respected poet. "The Pelican": follows the career of a female lecturer. "Souls Belated": about the relationship between a male novelist and a divorced woman. "Xingu": a comic tale about a snobby ladies' club that is hosting a woman novelist. "The Other Two": the story of a man's relationships with the two ex-husbands of his twice-divorced wife.
Wharton is an excellent writer, and her skills are really on full display in this collection. Peppered throughout the stories are a number of memorable (sometimes even Wildean) lines. Example: "It is always a bad sign when loud people come to a quiet place" (from "Souls"). An ideal choice for literature or women's studies courses (as well as for private reading). Recommended as companion texts: the novel "Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing," by May Sarton, and the Dover Thrift Edition of "Short Stories" by Theodore Dreiser; both of these fine books share themes in common with this Wharton collection.

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