Reef by Edith Wharton (1996, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherScribner
ISBN-100684824442
ISBN-139780684824444
eBay Product ID (ePID)15445

Product Key Features

Book TitleReef
Number of Pages336 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1996
TopicClassics, Family Life, General, Literary
GenreFiction
AuthorEdith Wharton
FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight11.3 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.2 in

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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN96-015104
Dewey Edition20
Dewey DecimalFIC
Synopsis"I put most of myself into that opus," Edith Wharton said ofThe Reef,possibly her most autobiographical novel. Published in 1912, it was, Bernard Berenson told Henry Adams, "better than any previous work exceptingEthan Frome."A challenge to the moral climate of the day,The Reeffollows the fancies of George Darrow, a young diplomat en route from London to France, intent on proposing to the widowed Anna Leath. Unsettled by Anna's reticence, Darrow drifts into an affair with Sophy Viner, a charmingly naive and impecunious young woman whose relations with Darrow and Anna's family threaten his prospects for success.For its dramatic construction and acute insight into social mores and the multifaceted problem of sexuality,The Reefstands as one of Edith Wharton's most daring works of fiction., "I put most of myself into that opus," Edith Wharton said of The Reef, possibly her most autobiographical novel. Published in 1912, it was, Bernard Berenson told Henry Adams, "better than any previous work excepting Ethan Frome." A challenge to the moral climate of the day, The Reef follows the fancies of George Darrow, a young diplomat en route from London to France, intent on proposing to the widowed Anna Leath. Unsettled by Anna's reticence, Darrow drifts into an affair with Sophy Viner, a charmingly naive and impecunious young woman whose relations with Darrow and Anna's family threaten his prospects for success. For its dramatic construction and acute insight into social mores and the multifaceted problem of sexuality, The Reef stands as one of Edith Wharton's most daring works of fiction.
LC Classification NumberPS3545.H16R4 1996

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