Contains four novels by Edith Wharton, including "The House of Mirth" in which an orphaned child prepares a campaign to marry for money; "Ethan Frome" in which a farmer is married to a hypochondriac; "The Custom of the Country" about social climber Undine Spragg; and "The Age of Innocence" which portrays New York society in the 1870s.
Contains three autobiographical works by Frederick Douglass in which he tells about his life as a slave, how he was able to escape, his experiences as a free man, and his accomplishments as an abolitionist leader.
