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    The Mother's Recompense
    The Mother's Recompense
    The Mother's Recompense
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    The Mother's Recompense

    By Edith Wharton

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    A feminist Oedipus, cut through with Wharton's usual condemnation of social class and high society. Kate Clephane was driven out of New York years ago for abandoning her husband and daughter, Anne, which is why she is so surprised to be asked by to America by the same daughter.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOtbebookpublishing
    Release dateMar 18, 2024
    ISBN9783989732674
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    Edith Wharton

    Edith Wharton (1862–1937) was an American novelist—the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for her novel The Age of Innocence in 1921—as well as a short story writer, playwright, designer, reporter, and poet. Her other works include Ethan Frome, The House of Mirth, and Roman Fever and Other Stories. Born into one of New York’s elite families, she drew upon her knowledge of upper-class aristocracy to realistically portray the lives and morals of the Gilded Age.

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