Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton SIGNED Numbered Limited to 1500

Description: Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton SIGNED Numbered Limited to 1500 This SIGNED book is in good condition for its 85 years. The slipcase has seen better days. Please see the photographs for best description and free to reach out and request additional photos if desired. Be sure to check out our other listings at Settembrini's Selections. You can save on shipping by buying multiple books and asking that we combine the shipping. Returns are only allowed due to shipping damage or item not being as described. Due to USPS insurance claims procedures, partial refunds are not allowed due to shipping damage. Items damaged in shipping must be returned in the original packaging as received. The USPS requires inspection of the packaging and item damaged. Synopsis Ethan Frome was published in 1911, when Wharton was already an established and successful writer. She lived primarily in Paris between 1905 and the outbreak of World War II, and these years were productive. She was growing more self-assured in her art, and during the writing of Ethan Frome she felt control and confidence than she had never known before.Although she was in control of her art, emotionally she was facing difficult times. Ethan Frome is more clearly understood in the context of Wharton's personal life. In 1908, she began a passionate adulterous affair with Morton Fullerton. Her marriage to Edward Wharton had been difficult from the beginning, and sexual dissatisfaction with her husband had been one of the central problems. The affair with Fullerton was passionate but doomed; he was a married man, and Edith Wharton was not his only extramarital partner. The relationship ended in 1910. Wharton's marriage was also heading to an the two divorced in 1913, although Edith retained her husband's name until she died

Price: 79.99 USD

Location: Missouri City, Texas

End Time: 2024-09-16T20:29:59.000Z

Shipping Cost: 6.88 USD