Edith Wharton was an American novelist, poet and short story writer whose works display her mastery over the realistic fiction genre. In 1922, two years after winning the Pulitzer Prize for "The Age of Innocence", Wharton wrote "The Glimpses of the Moon". The novel centered around two young newlyweds, who arranged their marriage in order to take advantage of their wealthy friends' generosity. However, things do not end quite as they planned when they...
Features four lesser-known works from the Pulitzer Prize-winning Jazz Age author of The Age of Innocence, including a social-class-mobility romance that is believed to have been the literary inspiration for The Great Gatsby.