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Edith Wharton fue la gran cronista de un mundo que dejaba de existir. Las jerarquías del viejo Nueva York se tambaleaban frente a la opulenta prodigalidad de los nuevos ricos, procedentes de la industria y la banca, que erigían palacetes en la Quinta Avenida, celebraban las más lujosas...

Hun var forud for sin tid, smuk, vittig, utraditionel. Toogtyve år gammel udgav hun i 1901 den første af flere romaner, der bl.a. handlede om kvinders forventninger og mænds vanskeligheder ved at opfylde dem. På sin bryllupsrejse forelskede hun sig i forfatteren Helge Rode, stak af med ham og fik sit første barn på den italienske ø Capri. Edith Rode blev født i 1879 som ældste datter af hofmedicus C.H.H. Nebelong. Som forfatter, skribent og brevkasseredaktør blev hun beundret for sin kløgt og frygtet for sit vide.

A never-before-seen collection of deeply personal love letters from Kurt Vonnegut to his first wife, Jane, compiled and edited by their daughter “If ever I do write anything of length—good or bad—it will be written with you in mind.” Kurt Vonnegut’s eldest daughter, Edith, was cleaning...

"Jane Austen and Her Times" was first published in 1905. The book provides a detailed look at the social and cultural context in which Jane Austen lived and worked, exploring topics such as fashion, food, travel, and leisure activities.

An oral-history biography of the legendary Latin American writer and Nobel Laureate Gabriel Garcia Márquez, brimming with atmosphere and insight.

Edith Hamilton didn’t publish her first book until she was 62. But over the next three decades this former headmistress would become the twentieth century’s most famous interpreter of the classical world. Today, Hamilton’s Mythology (1942) remains the standard version of ancient tales. During the Cold War, her influence even extended to politics, as she argued that postwar America could learn from the fate of Athens after its victory in the Persian Wars. Victoria Houseman tells the fascinating life story of a remarkable classicist whose ideas were shaped by—and aspired to shape—her times.