Madame De Treymes and Three Novellas

Madame de Treymes,Edith Wharton's first publication after the highly successfulThe House of Mirth,is a captivating portrait of turn-of-the-century American and French culture. Inspired by Wharton's own entre into Parisian society in 1906 and reminiscent of the works of Henry James, it tells the story of two young innocents abroad: Fanny Frisbee of New York, unhappily married to the dissolute Marquis de Malrive, and John Durham, her childhood friend who arrives in Paris intent on convincing Fanny to divorce her husband and marry him instead.A subtle investigation of the clash of cultures and the role of women in the social hierarchy,Madame de Treymesconfirms Edith Wharton's position, as Edmund Wilson wrote, as "an historian of the American society of her time."This Scribner edition ofMadame de Treymesalso includes three novellas:The Touchstone, Sanctuary,andBunner Sisters.These short works are rich in the social satire and cunning insight that characterized Wharton's highly acclaimed novelsThe Age of InnocenceandThe House of Mirth.Wharton, Edith is the author of 'Madame De Treymes and Three Novellas', published 1995 under ISBN 9780684806846 and ISBN 0684806843.