Many of Wharton's novels are characterized by a subtle use of dramatic irony. Having grown up in upper-class pre-World War I society, Wharton became one of its most astute critics. In such works as The House of Mirth and The Age of Innocence she employed both humor and profound empathy to describe the lives of New York's upper class and the vanishing of their world in the early years of the 20th century. In contrast, she used a harsher tone in her novel Ethan Frome to convey the atmosphere of lower-class rural Massachusetts.
- ISBN10 1471000966
- ISBN13 9781471000966
- Publish Date 13 December 2011
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Lulu.com
- Format eBook
- Language English