Edith Wharton, the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize, vividly reflects on her public and private life in this stunning memoir.With richness and delicacy, it describes the sophisticated New York society in which Wharton spent her youth, and chronicles her travels throughout Europe and her literary success as an adult. Beautifully depicted are her friendships with many of the most celebrated artists and writers of her day, including her close friend Henry James.
In his introduction to this edition, Louis Auchincloss calls the writing in A Backward Glance "as firm and crisp and lucid as in the best of her novels." It is a memoir that will charm and fascinate all readers of Wharton's fiction.
- ISBN10 0599392525
- ISBN13 9780599392526
- Publish Date 27 September 2019 (first published 1 June 1981)
- Publish Status Temporarily Withdrawn
- Imprint Heritage Books
- Format eBook
- Pages 250
- Language English