An edition of The old maid: (The 'Fifties) (1924)

The old maid

the fifties

Modern Library pbk. ed.

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An edition of The old maid: (The 'Fifties) (1924)

The old maid

the fifties

Modern Library pbk. ed.

by

  • ★★★★★ 5.0 (1 rating) ·
  • 4 Want to read
  • 1 Have read

"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.

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Modern Library
Language
English
Pages
108

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Subjects

Fiction, Birthmothers, Cousins, Single women, Weddings, Mothers and daughters, Illegitimate children, Play, Fiction, family life, Single women, fiction, Marriage, fiction, New york (n.y.), fiction, Fiction, psychological, Mothers and daughters, fiction

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The old maid: the fifties
2003, Modern Library
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The old maid: (the 'fifties)
1924, D. Appleton and Company
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1924, D. Appleton and Company
in English
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Edition Notes

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

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New York
Genre
Fiction.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.52
Library of Congress
PS3545.H16 O43 2003, PS3545.H16O43 2003

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxii, 108 p. ;
Number of pages
108

ID Numbers

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OL3690420M
Internet Archive
oldmaidfifties0000whar
ISBN 10
0812970020
LCCN
2003059916
OCLC/WorldCat
52559278
Library Thing
473207
Goodreads
321496

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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. Says Roxana Robinson in her Introduction, “Wharton weaves her golden, fine-meshed net about her characters with inexorable precision.” This Modern Library Paperback Classic is set from the text of the original magazine publication.

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