The Secrets and Silences of Edith Wharton's Women

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The Secrets and Silences of Edith Wharton's Women is written by Isabelle Parsons and published by Springer Nature. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3031835166 (ISBN 10) and 9783031835162 (ISBN 13).

Edith Wharton’s sensitively observed portraits of women’s lives a century ago resonate into the present day, captivating readers now as they did then. Threaded throughout her accounts is a rich seam of secrets and silences that reveals Wharton’s keen grasp of the realities navigated by women, and her astute use of withholding to tell their stories. This book explores her frequent marshalling of secrets and silences, presented as an integral part of her literary aesthetic, to cast light on her enduring interest in women’s experiences in private and public settings during the early twentieth century.