High society, marriage, and divorce

11 books

A Woman's WillAnne Warner · 1908A 1904 illustrated comic novel by Anne Warner about Rosina, a recently widowed woman sailing for Europe, determined never to marry again, while friends at home fear she will wed a foreigner.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Fair Margaret: A PortraitF. Marion Crawford · 1905A 1905 illustrated novel by F. Marion Crawford, "Fair Margaret: A Portrait" follows Margaret Donne, a clever, self-possessed young woman, as she navigates debates over ideals and realism and the social world around her.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

InfatuationLloyd Osbourne · 1909A 1909 illustrated novel by Lloyd Osbourne about Phyllis Ladd, a precocious girl who, after her mother's death, forms a close bond with her railway-president father in the wealthy society of Carthage, a Midwestern city.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Age of InnocenceEdith Wharton · 1920A 1920 novel by Edith Wharton set among New York high society in the early 1870s, where conventions and appearances rule. It opens as young lawyer Newland Archer, newly engaged to May Welland, notices the arrival of a mysterious figure at the opera.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Beautiful and DamnedF. Scott Fitzgerald · 1922A 1922 novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald about Anthony Patch, a young Harvard-educated man of means in New York society, heir to his wealthy grandfather's fortune, whose idle and ironic outlook shapes his ambitions and romances.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The BrentonsAnna Chapin Ray · 1910A 1910 novel by Anna Chapin Ray about young Scott Brenton, a college student torn between his widowed mother's prayers that he become a minister and his own promise as a chemist.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Golden Bowl — CompleteHenry James · 1904A 1904 novel in two volumes by Henry James, opening in London with an Italian prince days before his marriage to American heiress Maggie Verver, as he reflects on his engagement and his impressions of his wealthy future father-in-law.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The House of MirthEdith Wharton · 1905A 1905 novel by Edith Wharton about Lily Bart, a beautiful, unmarried New York socialite navigating the demands of high society, beginning with a chance meeting with lawyer Lawrence Selden at Grand Central Station.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Kingdom Round the Corner: A NovelConingsby Dawson · 1921A 1921 illustrated novel by Coningsby Dawson about Tabs, a wounded soldier freed after five years of wartime service, who returns home in 1919 facing a changed world and his lost youth as he seeks renewed life and love.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Squirrel-CageDorothy Canfield Fisher · 1912A 1912 illustrated novel by Dorothy Canfield Fisher about the Emery family, whose social ambitions shape their daughter Lydia's life and choices, culminating in her marriage and a reckoning with what is best for her and her children.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

What Will People Say? A NovelRupert Hughes · 1914A 1914 illustrated novel by Rupert Hughes about a young army officer newly returned from the Philippines who, riding through New York's luxury automobile traffic, becomes fascinated by a mysterious woman he glimpses and follows.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية