Edith Wharton
American novelist and short-story writer (1862–1937) known for incisive portrayals of upper-class society; author of The Age of Innocence, The House of Mirth, and Ethan Frome; first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1921).
Books
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1. Итан Фром
A stoic New England farmer, trapped in a cold, burdensome marriage and the deadening routine of rural poverty, finds solace and emotional connection with his wife’s warm, dependent cousin who comes to help; their growing attachment and a desperate bid for freedom on a sleigh end in a devastating accident that leaves them physically broken and trapped in an even harsher domestic arrangement, exposing the crushing weight of isolation, duty, and thwarted desire.
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2. L'età Dell'innocenza
An elegant lawyer engaged to a conventional young woman finds himself torn when a spirited, scandalized countess returns to New York high society, awakening a forbidden passion that forces him to choose between personal desire and the rigid codes of his class; the story probes hypocrisy, duty, and the quiet compromises and sacrifices that preserve appearances in a closed social world.
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