Sanctuary

Kate Orme's marriage to a rich and powerful bachelor is turned upside down when she learns of her partner's guilty secret. Afraid that her child might inherit whatever caused her husband's immorality, she tries to make sure her son knows right from wrong. Edith Wharton (January 24, 1862 - August 11, 1937) was an American novelist, writer of short stories, and designer. She won the Pulitzer Prize for literature in won the 1921 for her novel "The Age of Innocence" (1920) and was nominated for the Nobel prize in 1927, 1928 and 1930. Wharton was famous for her novels, within which she married her person experience of life in America's privileged classes with brilliant wit and mastery of language. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.

© 2017 Read & Co. Classics (E-bog): 9781473349308

Release date

E-bog: 21. juli 2017