R. W. B Lewis

Viking critical library
Thorndike Press large print Perennial Bestseller
Recorded Books Evergreen

"On April Fool's Day in 1856, a shape-shifting grifter boards a Mississippi riverboat to expose the pretenses, hypocrisies, and self-delusions of his fellow passengers. Melville's comic allegory addresses themes of sincerity, identity, and morality in its challenge to the optimism and materialism of mid-nineteenth-century America. Misunderstood by the author's contemporaries, the novel is praised today for its stunningly modern techniques"--

2) The power and the glory

Author

Greene, Graham

Series

Language

English

Formats

Book, Book on CD, eAudiobook, Large Print

Description

I have read the book twice in my life and find it a fascinating character study of the fallible priest who still feels called to minister the Eucharist to the poor who need him. The setting in Mexico is powerful as the priest ministers illegally in the season of Mexico's history where he could be arrested and killed at any time. Greene's character study is methodical and intense, not a light read. Still the "power and the glory" of the book is obvious...

3) The age of innocence

Author

Oxford world's classics
Classic ed
Classic collection)
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Series

Language

English

Formats

Book, Book on CD, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Large Print, Playaway

Description

Newland Archer, a young lawyer in upper-crust 1870's New York, becomes a victim of social expectations and restrictions when he becomes infatuated with his docile fiancee's nonconformist cousin, Countess Ellen Olenska.

4) Short stories of Edith Wharton, 1910-1937

Author

Publisher

Scribner

Pub. Date

[1968]

Language

English

5) Dante

Author

Series

Penguin lives

Publisher

Lipper/Viking

Pub. Date

2001.

Language

English

6) The city of Florence: historical vistas and personal sightings

Author

Publisher

Farrar, Straus, and Giroux

Pub. Date

1995.

Language

English

7) Edith Wharton: a biography

Author

Publisher

Harper & Row

Pub. Date

[1975]

Language

English

8) Malraux; a collection of critical essays

Author

Series

Spectrum book. Twentieth century views ; S-TC-37

Publisher

Prentice-Hall

Pub. Date

[1964]

Language

English

9) American characters: selections from the National Portrait Gallery, accompanied by literary portraits

Author

Publisher

Yale University Press

Pub. Date

[1999]

Language

English

Description

Brings together 160 famous American figures from Pocahontas to Louis Armstrong, providing visual and verbal portraits that illuminate their place in American life. Includes statesmen and outlaws, artists and athletes, and writers and performers.

10) The Jameses: a family narrative

Author

Publisher

Farrar, Straus, Giroux

Pub. Date

[1991]

Language

English

11) Literary reflections: a shoring of images, 1960-1993

Author

Publisher

Northeastern University Press

Pub. Date

[1993]

Language

English

12) The poetry of Hart Crane: a critical study

Author

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Pub. Date

1967.

Language

English

13) The American Adam: innocence, tragedy, and tradition in the nineteenth century

Author

Publisher

University of Chicago Press

Pub. Date

1955.

Language

English

14) The collected short stories of Edith Wharton

Author

Publisher

Scribner

Pub. Date

1968.

Language

English

Description

Edith Wharton was an American novelist, poet and short story writer whose works display her mastery over the realistic fiction genre. Although she grew up in a world of refined manners and fashionable people, she was also aware of its superficiality, a theme that frequently appeared in her works. Her stories range widely from powerful social commentary to titillating ghost stories that made Wharton extremely popular beyond her living years. This collection...

15) The selected short stories of Edith Wharton

Author

Publisher

C. Scribner's Sons

Pub. Date

1991.

Language

English

Description