Ваша оценкаEdith Wharton (1862—1937) was an American novelist and short story writer. Her works show the lives of people of the late nineteenth century, the times of decline in American history. She was the first woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1921. Wharton also was familiar with many famous people of the time, including President Theodore Roosevelt. Considered by many as a masterpiece, "The Custom of the Country" is a study of the fads and antics of the modern American upper class. ...
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Аноним17 мая 2017 г.She had everything she wanted, but she still felt, at times, that there were other things she might want if she knew about them.
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The habit of solitude had given him a passion for the printed page, and if he could have found a book anywhere--any kind of a book--he would have forgotten the long hours and the empty house."
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Her husband stood looking at her coldly and curiously, as though she were some alien apparition his eyes had never before beheld.
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