{"product_id":"old-new-york-paperback-1","title":"Old New York - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEdith Wharton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2020 Reprint of the 1924 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition and not reproduced with Optical Recognition software\u003cem\u003e. Old New York\u003c\/em\u003e (1924) is a collection of four novellas by Edith Wharton, revolving around upper-class New York City society in the 1840s, 1850s, 1860s, and 1870s. The decades indicated in the subtitles to the stories make them prequels, so to speak, to \u003cem\u003eThe Age of Innocence\u003c\/em\u003e. All five might as well be cut from the same bolt of cloth, sharing settings, characters, social insight, a similar knowing eye for a telling detail, and the occasional prop (a canary coach, an ormolu clock).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1924, these tales are vintage Wharton, dealing boldly with such themes as infidelity, illegitimacy, jealousy, the class system, and the condition of women in society. Included in this quartet are \u003cem\u003eFalse Dawn, \u003c\/em\u003e which concerns the stormy relationship between a domineering father and his son; \u003cem\u003eThe Old Maid, \u003c\/em\u003e the best known of the four, in which a young woman's secret illegitimate child is adopted by her best friend -- with devastating results; \u003cem\u003eThe Spark, \u003c\/em\u003e about a young man's moral rehabilitation, which is \"sparked\" by a chance encounter with Walt Whitman; and \u003cem\u003eNew Year's Day, \u003c\/em\u003e an O. Henryesque tale of a married woman suspected of adultery. \u003cem\u003eOld New York\u003c\/em\u003e is Wharton at her finest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 07, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42710016229439,"sku":"9781684224364","price":24.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/6203154e1c5d8729d374f7ee854004a6.webp?v=1765053513","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/old-new-york-paperback-1","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}