Ebook {Epub PDF} The Old Maid by Edith Wharton

Hello Select your address Books. The Old Maid, Originally serialized in The Red Book Magazine in , The Old Maid is an examination of class and society as only Edith Wharton could undertake. The story follows the life of Tina, a young woman caught between the mother who adopted her-the beautiful, upstanding Delia-and her true mother, her plain, unmarried "aunt" Charlotte, who gave Tina up to provide her with a socially acceptable life/5(8). An unwed mother gives up her daughter so that the child can join New York City's fashionable society of the mids. Years later, on the eve of the girl's wedding, "Aunt" Charlotte's long-suppressed anguish surfaces. Edith Wharton was a master of the novella form, and this tale of a mother's tragic sacrifice is one of her greatest contributions to the www.doorway.ru by: 7.

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The Old Maid, Originally serialized in The Red Book Magazine in , The Old Maid is an examination of class and society as only Edith Wharton could undertake. The story follows the life of Tina, a young woman caught between the mother who adopted her-the beautiful, upstanding Delia-and her true mother, her plain, unmarried "aunt" Charlotte, who gave Tina up to provide her with a socially acceptable life. Complete summary of Edith Wharton's The Old Maid. eNotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of The Old Maid. Wharton, Edith, Illustrator: Caswell, Edward C., LoC No. Title: The Old Maid (The 'Fifties) Note: Book 2 of "Old New York." Language: English: LoC Class: PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature: Subject: New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction Subject: Psychological fiction Subject: Single women -- Fiction Subject: Domestic fiction.