The Old Maid: The 'Fifties (Modern Library Classics)
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Originally serialized in The Red Book Magazine in 1922 The Old Maid is an examination of class and society as only Edith Wharton could undertake. The story follows the life of Tina a young woman caught between the mother who adopted herthe beautiful upstanding Deliaand her true mother her plain unmarried aunt Charlotte who gave Tina up to provide her with a socially acceptable life. The three women live quietly together until Tinas wedding day when Delias and Charlottes hidden jealousies rush to the surface. Says Roxana Robinson in her Introduction Wharton weaves her golden fine-meshed net about her characters with inexorable precision. This Modern Library Paperback Classic is set from the text of the original magazine publication.
