In Morocco (1920) by Edith Wharton (Travel)

In Morocco (1920) by Edith Wharton (Travel)
Author: Edith Wharton
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2016-01-18
Genre:
ISBN: 9781523468652

American novelist and designer Edith Wharton traveled to Morocco after the end of World War I. Morocco is her account of her time there as the guest of General Hubert Lyautey. Her account praises Lyautey and his wife and also the French administration of the country.

In Morocco

In Morocco
Author: Edith Wharton
Publisher: Lindhardt og Ringhof
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2022-06-13
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 8728127420

While she might be better known for taking aim at American high society, Wharton was also a prolific travel writer. ‘In Morocco’ chronicles her visit to North Africa, at the tail-end of the First World War. Written at a time when the country was relatively unexplored, her writing perfectly captures the Moroccan architecture, towns, deserts, culture, tradition, and people. A fascinating read for anyone who enjoys other travel writers like Michael Palin and for those who want to explore Morocco before the advent of international tourism. Edith Wharton (1862 – 1937) was an American designer and novelist. Born in an era when the highest ambition a woman could aspire to was a good marriage, Wharton went on to become one of America’s most celebrated authors. During her career, she wrote over 40 books, using her wealthy upbringing to bring authenticity and detail to stories about the upper classes. She moved to France in 1923, where she continued to write until her death.

In Morocco

In Morocco
Author: Edith Wharton
Publisher:
Total Pages: 388
Release: 1920
Genre: Morocco
ISBN:

"Having begun my book with the statement that Morocco still lacks a guide-book, I should have wished to take a first step toward remedying that deficiency. But the conditions in which I travelled, though full of unexpected and picturesque opportunities, were not suited to leisurely study of the places visited. The time was limited by the approach of the rainy season, which puts an end to motoring over the treacherous trails of the Spanish zone. In 1918, owing to the watchfulness of German submarines in the Straits and along the northwest coast of Africa, the trip by sea from Marseilles to Casablanca, ordinarily so easy, was not to be made without much discomfort and loss of time. Once on board the steamer, passengers were often kept in port (without leave to land) for six or eight days; therefore for any one bound by a time-limit, as most war-workers were, it was necessary to travel across country, and to be back at Tangier before the November rains"--Pref.

Edith Wharton Abroad

Edith Wharton Abroad
Author: Edith Wharton
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Total Pages: 241
Release: 1996-08-15
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 0312161204

These carefully chosen selections from Edith Wharton's travel writing convey the writer's control of her craft. Wharton disliked the generality of guidebooks and focused instead on the "parentheses of travel"--the undiscovered hidden corners of Europe, Morocco, and the Mediterranean. Included is an excerpt from Wharton's unpublished memoir, The Cruise of Vanadis, as well as front line depictions of Lorraine and the Vosges during World War I. Photos.

In Morocco

In Morocco
Author: Edith Wharton
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 122
Release: 2017-08-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9781974453894

Edith Wharton born Edith Newbold Jones; January 24, 1862 - August 11, 1937) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, short story writer, and designer. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1927, 1928 and 1930. Wharton combined her insider's view of America's privileged classes with a brilliant, natural wit to write humorous, incisive novels and short stories of social and psychological insight. She was well acquainted with many of her era's other literary and public figures, including Theodore Roosevelt.Edith Wharton was born Edith Newbold Jones to George Frederic Jones and Lucretia Stevens Rhinelander at their brownstone at 14 West Twenty-third Street in New York City. She had two much older brothers, Frederic Rhinelander, who was sixteen, and Henry Edward, who was eleven. She was baptized April 20, 1862, Easter Sunday, at Grace Church. To her friends and family she was known as "Pussy Jones." The saying "keeping up with the Joneses" is said to refer to her father's family. She was also related to the Rensselaer family, the most prestigious of the old patroon families.

In Morocco [Illustrated]

In Morocco [Illustrated]
Author: Edith Wharton
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 182
Release: 2013-07-17
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9781491013953

Edith Wharton (born Edith Newbold Jones, January 24, 1862 - August 11, 1937) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, short story writer, and designer. Her works: The Touchstone, 1900 The Valley of Decision, 1902 Sanctuary, 1903 The House of Mirth, 1905 Madame de Treymes, 1907 The Fruit of the Tree, 1907 Ethan Frome, 1911 The Reef, 1912 The Custom of the Country, 1913 Bunner Sisters, 1916 Summer, 1917 The Marne, 1918 The Age of Innocence, 1920 (Pulitzer Prize winner) The Glimpses of the Moon, 1922 A Son at the Front, 1923 Old New York, 1924 The Mother's Recompense, 1925 Twilight Sleep, 1927 The Children, 1928 Hudson River Bracketed, 1929 The Gods Arrive, 1932 The Buccaneers, 1938 Fast and Loose, 1938 (first novel, written in 1876-1877)

In Morocco

In Morocco
Author: Edith Wharton
Publisher:
Total Pages: 154
Release: 2021-03-21
Genre:
ISBN:

To step on board a steamer in a Spanish port, and three hours later to land in acountry without a guide-book, is a sensation to rouse the hunger of the repletestsight-seer.The sensation is attainable by any one who will take the trouble to row out into theharbour of Algeciras and scramble onto a little black boat headed across the straits.Hardly has the rock of Gibraltar turned to cloud when one's foot is on the soil of analmost unknown Africa. Tangier, indeed, is in the guide-books; but, cuckoo-like, ithas had to lays its egg in strange nests, and the traveller who wants to find outabout it must acquire a work dealing with some other country-Spain or Portugal orAlgeria. There is no guide-book to Morocco, and no way of knowing, once one hasleft Tangier behind, where the long trail over the Rif is going to land one, in thesense understood by any one accustomed to European certainties. The air of theunforeseen blows on one from the roadless passes of the Atlas.

Edith Wharton Abroad

Edith Wharton Abroad
Author: Edith Wharton
Publisher:
Total Pages: 332
Release: 1995
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 9780786206056

Selections describe the author's experiences in Italy, France, and Morocco and share her observations on the people and cultures she encountered

The Writing of Fiction

The Writing of Fiction
Author: Edith Wharton
Publisher: New York ; London : C. Scribner's Sons
Total Pages: 196
Release: 1925
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

Edith Wharton is renowned for her nonfiction work "The writing of Fiction" and provides classic guidance on Writing and reading. Wharton was the very first female to win, in fact, a Pulitzer Prize with this particular book becoming a rare nonfiction piece. It features a new introduction by Brandon Taylor and offers a rare look into Wharton's views on the arts of reading and writing. Wharton examines different issues with writing in this particular publication, which include character development, the art of crafting exquisite short stories, and the structure of a novel. Not simply a writing guide but a broad meditation by a great practitioner. Wharton draws on her great knowledge of being a renowned novelist renowned for her sharp critiques of upper-class culture in addition to her formal remarkable works. Edith Wharton's "The writing of Fiction" is a tremendous contribution to literary critique and Writing guidance. The very first female to win a Pulitizer Prize, this nonfiction book offers ageless guidance on reading and writing. Wharton, a author of books like "The Age of Innocence," "The House of Mirth," "The Custom of the Country," pertains her sharp critique and intimate understanding of upper class society to this novel. Wharton explores different facets in the literary craft in the book. She gives information on character development, short story writing and the bigger story structure of a novel. Her discussion goes beyond pure technical guidance; Her observations and experiences as a renowned novelist serve as a meditation on writing.