The Glimpses of the Moon
- Auteur: Edith Wharton (Verenigde Staten)
- Soort boek: Amerikaanse roman uit 1922
- Taal: Engels
- Uitgever heruitgave: Pushkin Press
- Omvang: 336 pagina’s
- Uitgave: paperback / ebook
- Waardering redactie: ∗∗∗∗∗ (uitstekend)
- Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris
Edith Wharton The Glimpses of the Moon recensie, review en informatie
- “Wharton’s unjustly neglected novel… a luscious, worldly, sensuous read, surely the equal of its most obvious offspring – Tender is the Night.” (Boyd Tonkin, Independent)
- “A master storyteller.” (Elizabeth Strout)
Flaptekst van de roman uit 1922 van Edith Wharton
The power of money threatens young love in this charming story of romantic misadventure by one of the greatest authors of America’s Gilded Age.
Nick Lansing and Susy Branch are young and attractive, but penniless. Gracefully moving through New York high society, they have the right connections but none of the wealth. When they inconveniently fall in love, Susy devises a plan. They will marry and spend a year flitting across Europe, staying in the homes of their rich friends and living off honeymoon gifts until either one of them meets a better, richer prospect.
But jealous passions and troubled consciences soon cause their idyll to crumble. Told with Edith Wharton’s trademark wit, Glimpses of the Moon is a tartly amusing story of social climbing and romantic misadventure from one of our greatest writers.
Edith Wharton (24 January 1862, New York City – 11 Augustus 
1937, Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt, France) was born in New York, into a rich and socially prominent family. She began to write at an early age, although it was a habit viewed by her family as unsuitable for a woman of her social class. In 1885 she married Edward “Teddy” Wharton, a Boston banker. They lived a privileged life, but Wharton gradually grew dissatisfied with the roles of wife and society matron. The Whartons moved to Paris in 1907 and divorced in 1913. Edith continued to live in France, her beloved adoptive home, until her death in 1937.