2015: The Year of Reading Women discussion

Discussion and group reads for Edith Wharton.

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I'll be reading The Reef at some point in the year. Any other Wharton-ites?

I've come close to reading The House of Mirth multiple times this year, but no cigar. Perhaps 2015 will bear fruit.

I have THoM on my shelf right here... (this pretty version )and I'm determined to read it in the coming months. I've heard such great things about it and must find out for myself finally. :)

Oh, so many books to read!

I missed the entry already here -- I had written elsewhere when Kris caught up with me and asked for consolidation:

No entry yet for this doyenne of early 20th century American literature? (There was! [g])

Edith Wharton

"Edith Wharton (...born Edith Newbold Jones; January 24, 1862 – August 11, 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."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Wh...

Biography: Lee, Hermione. Edith Wharton. Random House, Inc. ISBN 978-0-375-40004-9.

Her home: http://www.edithwharton.org/

I am campaigning on another board for a read of Old New York: Four Novellas. I'll let you know if it comes to pass.

Hmm -- just read some of the reviews of The Reef. May be a better choice to follow The Portrait of a Lady (Henry James) on that other board than Old New York. Thanks for the suggestion, Proustitute.

The description of the reproduction of The Reef doesn't sound all that good. Any experience here on getting copies?

The Reef is on Gutenberg.

I did some Wharton last year - Age of Innocence reread, Old New York, and (new to me and utterly delightful) Glimpses of the Moon.

Glimpses of the Moon was very different than other Wharton I've read; it lacks the sense of restraint and restriction and the (not unrelated) suffering. It isn't as well crafted as, frex, Age of Innocence, but I enjoyed it very much.

This year I read Son at the Front, which wasn't as amazing (and suffered a bit from messaging, imho), but was a memorable depiction of one father's experiences.

I want to read her New York Stories this coming year... perhaps something else as well.

I just got started with The Age of Innocence. It took me a little while to get into it but am really enjoying it now. Beautifully written!

Currently (6/15) a discussion of The House of Mirth is occurring on this board: The Readers Review: Literature from 1800 to 1910.

https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...

I've just finished The Custom of the Country, and loved it - I think it might make an intelligent beach read for some this summer:)

Bloodorange wrote: "I've just finished The Custom of the Country, and loved it - I think it might make an intelligent beach read for some this summer:)"

I am, regrettably, not on the beach, but I am in the middle of re-reading this, and it is very good, better than I remember. I think I prefer it to the House of Mirth (also recently re-read), which is a happy surprise.

This is one on my list. Now to squeeze it in!

I finally reviewed The Age of Innocence
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...