Pere Goriot
Start Publishing LLC · Paperback · December 17, 2012
Edith Wharton's "Madame de Treymes" is a remarkable example of the form.
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- Genres
- French Fiction, The Classics, Literary Fiction
- Published
- Start Publishing LLC, December 17, 2012
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Edith Wharton's "Madame de Treymes" is a remarkable example of the form. It is the story of the tactical defeat but moral victory of an honest and upstanding American in his struggle to win a wife from a tightly united but feudally minded French aristocratic family. He loses, but they cheat. . . .
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In a masterpiece of brevity, Wharton dramatizes the contrast between the two opposing forces: the simple and proper old brownstone New York, low in style but high in principle, and the achingly beautiful but decadent Saint-Germain district of Paris. The issue is seamlessly joined.
Where it sits
| French Fiction | 73% |
|---|---|
| The Classics | 45% |
| Literary Fiction | 27% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- The Classics
- Literary Fiction
- Family Life
- Authors
- Honoré de Balzac
- Publisher
- Start Publishing LLC
- Published
- December 17, 2012
- Format
- Paperback
- Reading lane
- The Classics