Madame De Treymes
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A masterwork of psychological tension and social observation, Madame de Treymes chronicles the story of John Durham, an American man in Paris who attempts to rescue his childhood sweetheart, Fanny de Malrive, from a suffocating French aristocratic marriage. Wharton presents the rigid codes of Parisian high society as a labyrinthine force, pitting American idealism directly against the calculating pragmatism of the ancient de Malrive family. At the heart of the drama stands Madame de Treymes, the enigmatic and worldly sister-in-law, whose inscrutable motives and veiled bargains drive the novella to its devastating conclusion. Written with Wharton's characteristic precision and irony, this compact yet richly layered work illustrates the clash of two worlds — the New and the Old — and the impossible personal costs extracted when honour and love collide.
Author: Edith Wharton
Format: Paperback
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A masterwork of psychological tension and social observation, Madame de Treymes chronicles the story of John Durham, an American man in Paris who attempts to rescue his childhood sweetheart, Fanny de Malrive, from a suffocating French aristocratic marriage. Wharton presents the rigid codes of Parisian high society as a labyrinthine force, pitting American idealism directly against the calculating pragmatism of the ancient de Malrive family. At the heart of the drama stands Madame de Treymes, the enigmatic and worldly sister-in-law, whose inscrutable motives and veiled bargains drive the novella to its devastating conclusion. Written with Wharton's characteristic precision and irony, this compact yet richly layered work illustrates the clash of two worlds — the New and the Old — and the impossible personal costs extracted when honour and love collide.