The old maid : the fifties / Edith Wharton ; introduction by Roxana Robinson ; notes by Jennifer Mooney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Illegitimate children--Fiction.

Illegitimate children.

Mothers and daughters--Fiction.

Mothers and daughters.

New York (N.Y.)--Fiction.

New York (N.Y.).

National Book Committee.

Birthmothers--Fiction.

Birthmothers.

Single women--Fiction.

Single women.

Weddings--Fiction.

Weddings.

Cousins--Fiction.

Cousins.

New York (State)--New York.

Genre:

Fiction.

Psychological fiction.

Domestic fiction.

Physical Description:

xxii, 108 pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

Modern Library paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Modern Library, 2003.

Summary:

"Originally serialized in The Red Book Magazine in 1922, The Old Maid is an examination of class and society as only Edith Wharton could undertake. The story follows the life of Tina, a young woman caught between the mother who adopted her - the beautiful, upstanding Delia - and her true mother, her plain, unmarried "aunt" Charlotte, who gave Tina up to provide her with a socially acceptable life. The three women live quietly together until Tina's wedding day, when Delia's and Charlotte's hidden jealousies rush to the surface."--Jacket.

Contents:

Introduction / Roxana Robinson

Publication History / Jennifer Mooney.

Notes:

"Reading group guide": pages [109]-[110].

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version: Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937. Old maid.

ISBN:

0812970020

9780812970029

OCLC:

52559278

Online:

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