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The Reckoning

By Edith Wharton
Series: Penguin Little Black Classics
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The Reckoning by Edith Wharton explores themes of marriage, independence, and societal expectations. The story delves into the life of a woman who challenges traditional norms, grappling with the complexities of her personal desires versus societal constraints. Through her journey, Wharton examines the balance between personal fulfilment and the repercussions that come with defying social conventions.
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If you enjoy novels that delve into the complexities of marriage and personal independence, this work may captivate you. Edith Wharton's keen insight into human relationships and the societal constraints of her time might resonate with readers intrigued by themes of self-discovery and emotional conflict.

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The Reckoning

Features two moving stories of love, loss, desire and divorce, from one of the great chroniclers of nineteenth-century New York life.

From the great writer of turn-of-the century New York, two devastating portraits of lonely widowhood and an unconventional marriage.

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The Reckoning by Edith Wharton is part of Little Black Classics, a new series celebrating Penguin's 80th anniversary.

'If marriage was the slow life-long acquittal of a debt contracted in ignorance, then marriage was a crime against human nature...'

Series: Penguin Little Black Classics

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780141397566

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 26 February 2015

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 5.0mm

Width: 110.0mm

Height: 160.0mm

Weight: 54g

Pages: 64

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Edith Wharton Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction Penguin Books Penguin Classics Series: Penguin Little Black Classics

About the Author

Edith Wharton was born into a wealthy New York family in 1862, during the American Civil War. She married at twenty-three, and subsequently divided her time between homes in New York, Rhode Island and Massachusetts. The House of Mirth, perhaps her most famous work, appeared in 1905, and was followed by Ethan Frome, The Custom of the Country, Summer and The Age of Innocence. Wharton was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. She died in 1937.

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