25 Favorite Romances (Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, Vanity Fair, Madam Bovary, Woman in White, Portrait of a Lady, My Antonia, House of Mirth, Howards End, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Emma, The Rainbow, Women in Love, Middlemarch, +)

by Edith Wharton, Jane Austen, Elizabeth Gaskell, Charlotte Brontë, New World Publishers, LLC

Overview

Fall in love all over again! These romantic novels range from dark to comedic, from innocent to forbidden. Each one has been made into a movie or television adaptation; some have been adapted for the screen or stage multiple times. These classics convey timeless themes of love, betrayal, sacrifice, and hope.

This volume features the following carefully-selected works by favorite authors:

The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Pimpernel
The Count of Monte Cristo
Pride and Prejudice
Sense and Sensibility
Emma
Persuasion
Mansfield Park
Northanger Abbey
Jane Eyre
Wuthering Heights
North and South
Vanity Fair
Middlemarch
Madame Bovary
The Woman in White
The Portrait of a Lady
Tess of the d’Urbervilles
My Antonia
The House of Mirth
The Age of Innocence
A Room With a View
Howards End
The Rainbow
Women in Love

Product Details

BN ID:	2940012307347
Publisher:	New World Publishers, LLC
Publication date:	01/01/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	146,460
File size:	15 MB
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About the Author

Edith Newbold Jones was born January 24, 1862, into such wealth and privilege that her family inspired the phrase "keeping up with the Joneses." The youngest of three children, Edith spent her early years touring Europe with her parents and, upon the family's return to the United States, enjoyed a privileged childhood in New York and Newport, Rhode Island. Edith's creativity and talent soon became obvious: By the age of eighteen she had written a novella, (as well as witty reviews of it) and published poetry in the Atlantic Monthly.

After a failed engagement, Edith married a wealthy sportsman, Edward Wharton. Despite similar backgrounds and a shared taste for travel, the marriage was not a success. Many of Wharton's novels chronicle unhappy marriages, in which the demands of love and vocation often conflict with the expectations of society. Wharton's first major novel, The House of Mirth, published in 1905, enjoyed considerable Literary Success. Ethan Frome appeared six years later, solidifying Wharton's reputation as an important novelist. Often in the company of her close friend, Henry James, Wharton mingled with some of the most famous writers and artists of the day, including F. Scott Fitzgerald, André Gide, Sinclair Lewis, Jean Cocteau, and Jack London.

In 1913 Edith divorced Edward. She lived mostly in France for the remainder of her life. When World War I broke out, she organized hostels for refugees, worked as a fund-raiser, and wrote for American publications from battlefield frontlines. She was awarded the French Legion of Honor for her courage and distinguished work.

The Age of Innocence, a novel about New York in the 1870s, earned Wharton the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1921 -- the first time the award had been bestowed upon a woman. Wharton traveled throughout Europe to encourage young authors. She also continued to write, lying in her bed every morning, as she had always done, dropping each newly penned page on the floor to be collected and arranged when she was finished. Wharton suffered a stroke and died on August 11, 1937. She is buried in the American Cemetery in Versailles, France.

Author biography from the Barnes & Noble Classics edition of The Age of Innocence.

Date of Birth:

January 24, 1862

Date of Death:

August 11, 1937

Place of Birth:

New York, New York

Place of Death:

Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt, France

Education:

Educated privately in New York and Europe