The Age of Desire
A Novel
by Jennie Fields
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Pub Date May 28 2013 | Archive Date Aug 28 2013
PENGUIN GROUP Penguin | G.P. Putnam's Sons
Description
They say that behind every great man is a great woman. Behind Edith Wharton, there was Anna Bahlmann—her governess turned literary secretary and confidante. At the age of forty-five, despite her growing fame, Edith remains unfulfilled in a lonely, sexless marriage. Against all the rules of Gilded Age society, she falls in love with Morton Fullerton, a dashing young journalist. But their scandalous affair threatens everything in Edith’s life—especially her abiding ties to Anna.
At a moment of regained popularity for Wharton, Jennie Fields brilliantly interweaves Wharton’s real letters and diary entries with her fascinating, untold love story. Told through the points of view of both Edith and Anna, The Age of Desire transports readers to the golden days of Wharton’s turn-of-the century world and—like the recent bestseller The Chaperone—effortlessly re-creates the life of an unforgettable woman.
Advance Praise
“Should…appeal to those who enjoyed Paula McLain’s The Paris Wife.”—Library Journal
“Absorbingly sensuous” –Boston Globe
“Delicate and imaginative… Fields’s love and respect for all her characters and her care in
telling their stories shines through.”—Publishers Weekly
“A perceptive novel…deeply felt…sheds welcome light on the little-known private
life of a famous woman.”—Booklist
“Fields' characterization of Edith's husband, the hapless Teddy Wharton—particularly the manifestations of his depression and alcoholism—is masterful”—Minneapolis Star Tribune
“Readers who enjoyed Loving Frank and The Paris Wife will enjoy this well-researched glimpse into a period of Edith Wharton’s life. Being a fan of Edith Wharton is not a prerequisite for enjoying Fields’s novel, but if The Age of Desire brings readers back to Wharton’s own writing, so much the better.”
—Chapter 16
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| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9780143123286 |
| PRICE | $22.00 (USD) |
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