New York intellectuals Frank and April Wheeler move to the suburbs of Connecticut in 1955 and soon learn that the American dream is not at all what they expected.
Presents William Shakespeare's classic play "The Winter's Tale;" and includes detailed textual and explanatory notes, plot summaries, and a critical analysis of the play.
The single day that Dexter Mayhew and Emma Morley spend together in 1988, the day after college graduation in Edinburgh, makes a distinct impression on each of them and a relationship forms only after they part ways and are reunited once a year on the same day for twenty years.
Jeremy Marsh is engaged to Lexie Darnell and looking forward to their life together as a couple and as parents. Then he receives a mysterious e-mail that sets off a life-changing chain of events. The novel examines how well people know each other and how they handle their doubts concerning each other and parenthood.
authoritative text, backgrounds and contexts, criticism
Wharton, Edith
1995
Presents a critical analysis of the novel by Edith Wharton and contains complete text, a collection of Wharton's private correspondence, biographical sketch of the author, and eight reviews.