The Children
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Published in 1928, The Children is a sophisticated and ironic novel from one of America's most celebrated writers, Edith Wharton. The story chronicles the unlikely bond between Martin Boyne, a middle-aged engineer, and Judith Wheater, a precocious fifteen-year-old girl determined to keep her younger half-siblings together despite the chaos of their wealthy, endlessly divorcing parents. Wharton masterfully dissects the social mores and moral ambiguities of the Jazz Age elite, presenting a world where adult irresponsibility forces children into premature maturity. With her trademark wit and psychological precision, she illustrates how misplaced love and romantic self-delusion can unravel even the most well-intentioned of souls. A quietly devastating portrait of longing and loss, The Children stands as a powerful, if lesser-known, gem in the Wharton canon.
Author: Edith Wharton
Format: Paperback
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Published in 1928, The Children is a sophisticated and ironic novel from one of America's most celebrated writers, Edith Wharton. The story chronicles the unlikely bond between Martin Boyne, a middle-aged engineer, and Judith Wheater, a precocious fifteen-year-old girl determined to keep her younger half-siblings together despite the chaos of their wealthy, endlessly divorcing parents. Wharton masterfully dissects the social mores and moral ambiguities of the Jazz Age elite, presenting a world where adult irresponsibility forces children into premature maturity. With her trademark wit and psychological precision, she illustrates how misplaced love and romantic self-delusion can unravel even the most well-intentioned of souls. A quietly devastating portrait of longing and loss, The Children stands as a powerful, if lesser-known, gem in the Wharton canon.