Wharton, Edith
The Old Maid (The 'Fifties)
The Old Maid (The 'Fifties)
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Title
Wharton, Edith
The Old Maid (The 'Fifties)
Subject
Wharton, Edith
Description
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 walking along a paved pathway. The upper right corner has the EW's handwritten label 'Box 5.10' and 'Garden House Saltwood'. The novella includes more of Caswell's illustrations. The back endpapers show the couple arriving at the house in the woods.
The story follows a woman and her cousin, who has mothered and disowned an illigitimate child. The cousin works at the orphanage where the child lives, and both women develop maternal feelings for the child.
The story follows a woman and her cousin, who has mothered and disowned an illigitimate child. The cousin works at the orphanage where the child lives, and both women develop maternal feelings for the child.
Publisher
Appleton (New York)
Date
1924
Language
English
Identifier
2005_047_1514_002
Files
Collection
Citation
“Wharton, Edith The Old Maid (The 'Fifties) ,” EWL, accessed October 2, 2023, http://edithwhartonslibrary.org/dir/items/show/2104.