No Gifts from Chance: A Biography of Edith Wharton

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The authoritative biography of Edith Wharton.

ISBN-13:	9780292792708
Publisher:	University of Texas Press
Publication date:	06/25/2010
Series:	Louann Atkins Temple Women & Culture Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	4 MB

SHARI BENSTOCK is Professor of English at the University of Miami (Florida).

	Preface	vii
	Acknowledgments	ix
Book I	The Old Order
Chapter 1	A Question of Heritage	3
Chapter 2	Explorations	49
Chapter 3	Endeavors	98
Book II	Choices
Chapter 4	Awakenings	149
Chapter 5	Estrangements	205
Chapter 6	Departures	254
Book III	Rewards
Chapter 7	Charity	301
Chapter 8	Profits	350
Chapter 9	Losses	396
Chapter 10	Loyalties	444
	Archives and Abbreviations	463
	Chronology of Works by Edith Wharton	468
	Primary Works Cited: Abbreviations	471
	A Note on Edith Wharton's Letters to Morton Fullerton	473
	Notes	475
	Index	533

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