{"product_id":"collected-stories-19111937-9781883011949","title":"Collected Stories 1911-1937","description":"\u003cp\u003eLibrary of America presents the second volume in a landmark two-volume collectors edition of the incomparable stories of an American master.  Born into an upper-class New York family  Edith Wharton broke with convention and became a professional writer  earning an enduring place as the grande dame of American letters. This Library of America collection (along with its companion volume  Collected Stories: 18911910) presents the finest of Whartons achievement in short fiction  drawn from the more than eighty stories she published over the course of her career.  In this volume  Whartons humor is abundantly evident in sly and subtle stories like Xingu (in which a ladies reading group is led to express its enthusiasm for an occult philosophy) and Charm Incorporated (about a mild-mannered Wall Street executive overwhelmed by his migr wifes needy but wonderful relatives). As always  Whartons is a provocative voice on the subject of sexuality and womens roles. In The Day of the Funeral  Joy in the House  and Atrophy  love and desire confront the demands of polite society; in Roman Fever  a formal tour de force  two middle-aged women on holiday with their modern daughters revisit the fierce competitiveness of their own youth.  Of particular interest are Whartons stories of the uncanny and the supernatural  like the grisly A Bottle of Perrier  set in the North African desert  and the chilling All Souls  written just before her death. An unacknowledged master of American horror fiction  Whartons lucid prose makes all the more powerful her exploration of the irrational forces underlying ordinary life.  Also included in this edition are a chronology of Whartons life  explanatory notes  and an essay on the texts.  LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nations literary heritage by publishing  and keeping permanently in print  Americas best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date  authoritative editions that average 1 000 pages in length  feature cloth covers  sewn bindings  and ribbon markers  and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45648045408309,"sku":"ByrdShop_1883011949","price":35.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781883011949.jpg?v=1781707606","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/collected-stories-19111937-9781883011949","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}