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That moment when you’re revising obsessively and it feels like “an attack of scrupulosis”…
“I can’t tell any longer whether I’m really improving it, or only undergoing an attack of scrupulosis.” Edith Wharton wrote to her former lover, Morton Fullerton, on May 15, 1911, about her work on Th… more →
Sarah Emsley
That moment when you’re revising obsessively and it feels like “an attack of scrupulosis”…
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wrote 1 week ago: “I can’t tell any longer whether I’m really improving it, or only undergoing an attack of scrupulosi … more →
Happy 100th Anniversary to Edith Wharton’s The Custom of the Country!
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wrote 3 months ago: January 2013 marks 100 years since the first installment of Edith Wharton’s “Big Novel” The Custom o … more →
In search of narcissism in literature
wrote 3 months ago: In search of narcissism . . . At the centre of narcissism is a void Ah, narcissism. Springing from a … more →
Writing with “dogged obstinacy”
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wrote 3 months ago: In the summer of 1911, Edith Wharton was “digging away” at her “Big Novel,” The Custom of the Countr … more →
Book Review: "The Custom of the Country" versus "Lady Almina and The Real Downton Abbey"
wrote 6 months ago: There is strange common ground to be found in Edith Wharton’s “The Custom of the Country … more →
"Why, Wharton, Why?"
wrote 6 months ago: Although I have taught The Custom of the Country to high school girls for the last six years, I have … more →
September 2012 - The Custom of the Country p.8
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September 2012 - The Custom of the Country p.6
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September 2012 - The Custom of the Country p.1
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"The books were too valuable to be taken down"
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wrote 7 months ago: I had so much fun during the discussion that followed my paper on Austen and Wharton at the JASNA AG … more →
Another Marriage for Undine
wrote 7 months ago: Her marriage to Ralph undone (and her marriage to Elmer still a secret), Undine makes a play for Ray … more →
Vogueing Edith Wharton
wrote 7 months ago: Shot by the incredible Annie Leibovitz, starring Natalia Vodianova as Edith, Jeffrey Eugenides as He … more →
Reading the Old Fashioned Way
wrote 8 months ago: When I was first choosing the Wharton novel I wanted to teach, I was basing my choice on substance. … more →
Wharton Sets the Scene
wrote 8 months ago: Setting is central to Edith Wharton’s novel, and as any reader of her work knows, interior and … more →
