A motor-flight through France (1908) by Edith Wharton (Illustrated) by Edith Wha

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Shedding the turn-of-the-century social confines she felt existed for women in America, Edith Wharton set out in the newly invented "motor-car" to explore the cities and countryside of France. In A Motor-Flight Through France, originally published in 1908, Wharton combines the power of her prose, her love for travel, and her affinity for France to produce this compelling travelogue.

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America's most famous woman of letters, and the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize, Edith Wharton was born into one of the last "leisured class" families in New York City, as she put it, in 1862. Educated privately, she was married to Edward Wharton in 1885, and for the next few years they spent their time in the high society of Newport, Rhode Island, then Lenox, Massachusetts, and Europe. It was in Europe that Wharton first met Henry James, who was to have a profound and lasting influence on her life and work. Wharton's first published book was a work of nonfiction in collaboration with Og

Details ISBN1522878009 Author Edith Wharton Short Title MOTOR-FLIGHT THROUGH FRANCE (1 Pages 114 Publisher Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Language English ISBN-10 1522878009 ISBN-13 9781522878001 Media Book Format Paperback Residence FR Birth 1862 Death 1937 Year 2015 Publication Date 2015-12-22 Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing Platform DEWEY 914.4048 Illustrations Illustrations, unspecified Audience General We've got this

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