A Backward Glance
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A Backward Glance

  1. 434 pages
  2. English
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A Backward Glance

About this book

This antiquarian volume contains 'A Backward Glance', Edith Wharton's detailed account of her life, both pubic and private. She describes in a dazzling yet delicate manner, the upper-class New York society within which much of her youth was spent. The book details her traversing of Europe and her prolific achievement in the field of literature when she was an adult. A fantastic and insightful read, this text will appeal to those with an interest in this most accomplished woman, and it would make for a worthy addition to any bookshelf. The chapters of this text include: The Background, Knee-High, Little Girl, Unreluctant Feet, Friendships and Travels, Life and Letters, New York and the Mount, Henry James, The Secret Garden, Paris, Widening Waters, The War, and more. This book is being republished now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.

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INDEX

Adair, Mrs., 223
“Age of Innocence, The,” 369
Allied Armies, entry into Paris, 361
Americans abroad, 61–64
Austin, Mrs. Alfred, 222, 248
Bahlmann, Fräulein, 48
Bañuelos, Countess of, 86–87
Beerbohm, Max, 220–221
Béhague, Comtesse de, 347
Belgians, Queen of the, 353
Bérard, Victor, 289
Berenson, Bernard, 327–328, 332–333
Beresford, Lord and Lady Charles, 223
Bergson, M., 170
Berry, Walter, 107–108, 115–119, 255, 296, 319, 326
Blanche, Jacques-Emile, 236, 283–285, 336
Bohemian dinner, a, 120
Boit, Edward, 171
Boito, Enrico, 135
Bonnard, Abel, 273, 277
“Book of the Homeless, The,” 349–350
Bourget, Paul, 103–105, 199
villa at Costebelle, 257
in Paris, 258, 263–264, 268–269, 305
Bourget, Mme Paul, 103–105
Breuil de Saint Germain, Jean du, 330, 364
Brownell, William, 110, 144–145
Buonaparte, Mount, 13
Burghclere, Lord and Lady, 223
Burlingame, Edward, 109–110, 145–146, 207–208
Cadwalader, John, 149
Cagnola, Don Guido, 135
Cambon, Jules, 270, 352
Campbell, Mrs. Patrick, 167
Cannes, winter at, 86–87
Chambrun, Comte de, 270, 273
Chanler, Mrs. Winthrop, 29
Chaumeix, André, 272
Chevrillon, André, 283, 287
Cocteau, Jean, 285–286
Codman, Ogden, 106–111, 149
Cook, Charles, 240
Coolidge, Archibald, 287
Cornish, Mrs., 237–239
“Crucial Instances,” 125
Curtis, Ralph, 172
Cushing, Grafton and Howard, 318
Cutting, Bayard, 148
Cutting, Bayard, Jr., 151–152
Cust, Henry, 219–220
“Decoration of Houses, The,” 107–111
Delaunay, 164–166
Dexter, Arthur, 164
Doyle, Mrs., 26, 42
Du Bos, Charles, 286, 295, 34...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. A First Word
  7. Illustrations
  8. I. The Background
  9. II. Knee-High
  10. III. Little Girl
  11. IV. Unreluctant Feet
  12. V. Friendships and Travels
  13. VI. Life and Letters
  14. VII. New York and the Mount
  15. VIII. Henry James
  16. IX. The Secret Garden
  17. X. London, “Qu’Acre” and “Lamb”
  18. XI. Paris
  19. XII. Widening Waters
  20. XIII. The War
  21. XIV. And After
  22. Index