Edith Wharton

Jan 12, 2025 | lesen.de | Lewis Carroll |William Butler Yeats |Jane Austen |Edith Wharton

Selected for The Great American Read, the PBS series celebrating America's 100 most-loved books. It's a warm summer's afternoon when young Alice first tumbles down the rabbit hole and into the adventures in Wonderland that have kept readers spellbound for more than 150 years. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover.

Nov 22, 2024 | libraryjournal.com | Edith Wharton

It is spring when Charity, the ward of Lawyer Royall, meets charming architect Lucius Harney one day in the library. Unsettled by Royall’s unwanted sexual advances, Charity is saving her money in hopes of moving away from him. Narrator Laurel Lefkow offers a vivacious performance, communicating Charity’s indignance when she berates Royall after he tries to have her fired from work.

Nov 2, 2024 | theatlantic.com | Edith Wharton

I have hesitated for some time before beginning this article, since any attempt to analyze work of one’s own doing seems to imply that one regards it as likely to be of lasting interest, and I wish at the outset to repudiate any such assumption.

Apr 9, 2024 | the-scientist.com | Eleanor Catton |Edith Wharton |Dana Schwartz |Kevin Wilson

By day, Melinda Grosser, an assistant professor of biology at the University of North Carolina (UNC) Asheville, teaches undergraduate students introductory biology and advanced microbiology, while conducting her own research on Staphylococcus aureus physiology. But when the students go home, Grosser gets out her agar plates and brightly-colored bacteria collection to make literature-based agar art.

Mar 22, 2024 | theeagleonline.com | Edith Wharton

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