Gilded Age 1900 novella from first woman winner of the Pulitzer Prize Edith Wharton: the quintessential New York novelist; few capture the Gilded Age as sharply as she does. It’s…
The Touchstone by Edith Wharton (Book review)
Howards End by E.M. Forster
This work cements Forster’s ability to capture emotional truths within their wider social context. Love, jealousy, friendship, and suspicion are never free-floating, but shaped and refracted through history, class, and…
The Shooting Party by Isabel Colegate
Edwardian country house. An October shooting party. Lovers and spouses. Upstairs/downstairs drama. Eccentric children. A wandering philosopher. Village gossip. Poaching. A duck. Put all of these together and you get…