Introduction
Edith Wharton (1862-1937) wrote nearly ninety short stories in her lifetime, an achievement that seems all the more remarkable when we remember that she was almost thirty when her first story, “Mrs. Manstey’s View,” was published in July 1891, and that she was thirty-seven when her first collection...
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Journal of the Short Story in English
2014
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| Länkar: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Sammanfattning: | Edith Wharton (1862-1937) wrote nearly ninety short stories in her lifetime, an achievement that seems all the more remarkable when we remember that she was almost thirty when her first story, “Mrs. Manstey’s View,” was published in July 1891, and that she was thirty-seven when her first collection of stories, The Greater Inclination, came out in 1899. A late starter perhaps, but not a slow learner: when Wharton sent a copy of that first collection to her friend Paul Bourget (1852-1935), who... |
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