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Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson led a quiet life, treasuring her privacy and eventually giving herself over completely to her art: it was in her poetry that she "deliberately decided to live" and there that she is most clearly revealed to us. Yet until now, no biography of this most enigmatic of American poets has ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1986 -
The House of Mirth
An immensely popular bestseller upon its publication in 1905, The House of Mirth was Edith Wharton's first great novel. Set among the elegant brownstones of New York City and opulent country houses like gracious Bellomont on the Hudson, the novel creates a satiric portrayal of what Wharton herself c... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1985 -
Four Stories by American Women
Representing four prominent American women writers who flourished in the period following the Civil War, this collection comprises "Life in the Iron Mills," Rebecca Harding Davis; "The Yellow Wallpaper," Charlotte Perkins Gilman; "The Country of the Pointed Firs," Sarah Orne Jewett; and "Souls Belat... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1990