Never before published in the United States, this early work of Edith Wharton is the day-to-day account of a cruise the author and her husband took in 1888 through the Aegean Islands on a chartered yacht, The Vanadis. The 26-year-old Edith kept a copious diary of her three-month journey, which began in Africa and ended in Dalmatia. One hundred years after the cruise, the manuscript was discovered in the public library of Hyeres, the French town where Wharton made her final home.The Cruise of the Vanadis demonstrates a spontaneous, carefree period style not found in Wharton's later books. Full of detailed descriptions of the places she and her traveling companions visited -- homes and gardens of local inhabitants, sites of ancient temples, and even hotels where they stayed -- and depictions of the captain and crew and people who greeted the party, the diary, according to Wharton scholar Sarah Bird Wright, "anticipates the connoisseurship that will be the hallmark of [Wharton's] later travel writing".This full-color gift edition will contain the complete text of the work combined with numerous contemporary color photographs of the places Wharton and her husband saw on their trip -- timeless landscapes and architecture that have changed very little over the course of the century -- a kind of photo journey "through the eyes of Edith Wharton". The book will also include a foreword by Sarah Bird Wright, explaining how the work fits into and influenced the famous novelist's later writing. A perfect gift and collector's item, this beautiful volume will appeal to Edith Wharton fans and students alike.
- ISBN10 0847826090
- ISBN13 9780847826094
- Publish Date 16 July 2004 (first published 1 October 2001)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 27 January 2012
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Universe Publishing
- Format Hardcover
- Language English