Glimpses of the Moon
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780573699054 (0573699054)
Publish date: January 11th 2011
Publisher: Samuel French
Pages no: 96
Edition language: English
Published in 1922, this was Wharton's last completed novel. It is also my fifth Wharton - I've previously read The Age of Innocence, The House of Mirth, The Custom of the Country and Summer.There is something about Wharton that pierces me to my very soul. Glimpses of the Moon was no exception to tha...
Susy and Nick belong to the moneyed, leisure class - the jet set of their era - the problem is that their family's left them no money. After years of hanging on in their own way on the fringe of this crowd, the two decide for a bold experiment - to marry each other, without money, and to live on the...