Fighting France: From Dunkerque to Belfort - Softcover

Wharton, Edith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1497562902 ISBN 13: 9781497562905

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

Synopsis

American novelist Edith Wharton was living in Paris when World War I broke out in 1914. She obtained permission to visit sites behind the lines, including hospitals, ravaged villages, and trenches. Fighting France: From Dunkerque to Belfort is a collection of magazine articles by the American writer Edith Wharton on her time in France during the First World War, including her visits to the French sectors of the Western Front.

About this title

About the Author:

Edith Wharton was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, known for such classics as The House of Mirth, Ethan Frome, and The Age of Innocence, for which she won the Pulitzer Prize in 1921. A member of the New York elite, Wharton drew on her experiences as part of society to critique its inner workings and the conflict between personal desires and societal norms. Wharton died in 1937, leaving behind a rich literary legacy.

Review:

?'The whole civilian part of the country seems merged in one symbolic figure, carrying help and hope to the fighters....The only death the Frenchmen fear is not the death in the trenches, but death in the extinction of their national ideal.' This is the France that Mrs. Wharton sees.?-Boston Transcript

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1497562902
• ISBN 13: 9781497562905
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256