The Reef - Wharton, Edith

Clean, tight, unmarked; previous owner's name and address on ffep; light age tanning to pages; otherwise absolute minimal wear; appears unread; Obliquely but intensely autobiographical, written following the dissolution of her marriage and her move from America to France, The Reef explores Wharton's ambivalent sense of both her newly adopted country and her unexpectedly awakened sexuality. A brilliant and compelling work, it is both a neglected and genuinely distinguished novel and a revealing document in modern sexual history. Introduction; textual note; bibliography; chronology; explanatory notes. Very Good Soft cover Oxford Paperbacks 1998 Oxford, UK 007129 0192823191 Classic Fiction Women France America