"As Wharton tells [the] story, the sharp irony of both her prose and her characters
bleeds into pools of true feeling."Kirkus Reviews
"There are only three or four American novelists who can be thought of as 'major'and Edith
Wharton is one."Gore Vidal
Set in the 1920s, The Glimpses of the Moon details the romantic misadventures
of Nick Lansing and Susy Branch, a couple with the right connections but not much in the way of funds.
They devise a shrewd bargain: they'll marry and spend a year or so sponging off their wealthy friends,
honeymooning in their mansions and villas.
As Susy explains, "We should really, in a way, help more than we should hamper each other. We both
know the ropes so well; what one of us didn't see the other mightin the way of opportunities, I mean.
And then we should be a novelty as married people. We're both rather unusually popularwhy not be
frank?and it's such a blessing for dinner-givers to be able to count on a couple of whom neither one
is a blank."
The other part of the plan is that if either one of them meets someone who can advance them socially,
they're each free to dissolve the marriage. How their plan unfolds is a comedy of Eros that will charm
all fans of Wharton's work.
Written By : Jonathan Swift
Narrator : Pamela Garelick
Published By : Blackstone Audio Inc
Length : 12 hours
Type : Classic Literature
Price : $49.95 $23.95
Swift’s masterpiece of satire tells of the fantastic voyages of the Englishman Lemuel Gulliver, whose travels take him to lands where the inhabitants are only six inches tall as well as to lands where they are sixty feet high, where horses have the capacity to reason, and where animals are... More... |
Written By : Anthony Trollope
Narrator : Simon Vance
Published By : Blackstone Audio Inc
Length : 20 hours 30 minutes
Type : Classic Literature
Price : $36.95
Doctor Thorne adopts his niece Mary, keeping secret her illegitimate birth as he introduces her to the best local social circles. There she meets and falls in love with Frank Gresham, who is intent on marrying her despite her seeming poverty. Only Doctor Thorne knows that Mary is to inherit a... More... |
Written By : Kirsten Silva Gruesz, Ph.D.
Narrator : Peter Strauss
Published By : Hachette Audio
Length : 1 hour
Type : Classic Literature
Self Help
Price : $9.98 $6.98
A+ Audio is the innovative audio study guide series that will help you better understand, appreciate, and enjoy great works of literature. More... |
Written By : T E Lawrence
Narrator : Jim Norton
Published By : Select Music & Distribution
Length : 3 hours 50 minutes
Type : Classic Literature
Autobiography
20th Century
World
Biographical
Price : $15.49
Although Lawrence of Arabia died in 1935, the story of his life has captured the imagination of succeeding generations. The Seven Pillars of Wisdom is a monumental work in which he chronicles his... More... |
