| The Valley of Decision by Edith Wharton, Fiction, Literary, Fantasy, Classics Contributor(s): Wharton, Edith (Author) |
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ISBN: 1598182404 ISBN-13: 9781598182408 Publisher: Aegypan OUR PRICE: $23.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2006 Annotation: Wharton's first full-length novel is set in 18th-century Italy. Here Wharton pits folks inspired by the anti-religious thoughts of Rousseau and Voltaire against the orthodox leaders of the day. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Fantasy - General - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 6" W x 9" (1.11 lbs) 344 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Valley of Decision is set in eighteenth-century Italy. Here Wharton pits folks inspired by the antireligious thoughts of Rousseau and Voltaire against the orthodox leaders of the day. Soon enough Wharton's night-constant theme comes through: this, like most other violations of personal convention, will come at a terrible cost. |
Contributor Bio(s): Wharton, Edith: - "Edith Wharton (1862 - 1937) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, short story writer and designer. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1927, 1928 and 1930. Wharton combined her insider's view of America's privileged classes with a brilliant, natural wit to write humorous, incisive novels and short stories of social and psychological insight. She was well acquainted with many of her era's other literary and public figures, including Theodore Roosevelt." |