Edith Wharton in France

From French scholar and author Claudine Lesage, comes Edith Wharton in France, an examination of Wharton’s years (1907-1937) in France. Lesage, with her innate knowledge of French culture, uses previously unknown or untranslated sources to provide a unique look into French society and Wharton’s place within it.

Edith Wharton in France chronicles Edith Wharton’s dogged efforts to penetrate the Byzantine levels of French high society, her love for the French and Italian countryside, and her ...