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Wharton, Edith  Old New York

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Title

Wharton, Edith  
Old New York

Subject

Wharton, Edith

Description

Old New York is a four novella series that are set in progressing decades: the '40s, '50s, '60s, and '70s. These novellas exist within the same universe as The Age of Innocence. 

Publisher

Appleton (New York)

Date

1924

Language

English

Identifier

2005_047_1514_001
2005_047_1514_002
2005_047_1514_003
2005_047_1514_004

Collection Items

Wharton, Edith False Dawn (The 'Forties)
This is the first of four novellas. The cover has a tattered flower-patterned dust jacket, whose tears reveal a blue cover underneath. Front endpaper features a picture of a man in a top hat gazing off a body of water, with several prominent…

Wharton, Edith The Old Maid (The 'Fifties) 
This is the second of four novellas in Wharton's Old New York series. The cover has a picture of a house surrounded by woods set in a blue cover. The front endpaper has one of Edward C. Caswell's illustrations, showing an aristorcratic man and woman…

Wharton, Edith The Spark (The 'Sixties)
This is the third of four novellas in the Old New York series. The dust jacket has a flower pattern that frames a picture of a row of men holding guns. The dusk jacket has several tears, revealing a blue cover underneath. Edward C. Caswell…

Wharton, Edith New Years Day (The 'Seventies)
This is the fourth of four novellas in the series Old New York. Edward C. Caswell illustrated the novel. The dusk jacket has a flower pattern that frames an image of a busy New York intersection. The dusk jacket has slight tears along the corners and…
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