📖 #OTD in the #History of #Literature 26 May 1891, #EdithWharton's first published #shortstory “Mrs. Manstey’s View” was accepted by Scribner’s magazine. It was published in July 1891, beginning a great literary career.

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Thanks. I try to remember those #booksand #BookSky hashtags! And that's a great title, "Overdue Book Reviews." I should apply that to my recent Goodreads reviews of #JaneAusten's "Sense & Sensibility" & #EdithWharton's "The Buccaneers"

DYK #EdithWharton’s 1905 “House of Mirth” described the destruction an upper-class woman w/o property, such as Lily Bart, might meet if she did not marry into her class? By 1920, modern marriage was more about love than #dowry. Yet in 1923, a NJ court upheld #coverture.

Morning saunter, 5/28/25. This morning @sonyagz123 and I drove down to #edithwharton’s @themountlenox to meet our @williamscollege pal @ginnysoy #lenox #massachusetts #thenostalgiatourcontinues #morningsaunter

📖 #OTD in the #History of #Literature 26 May 1891, #EdithWharton's first published #shortstory “Mrs. Manstey’s View” was accepted by Scribner’s magazine. It was published in July 1891, beginning a great literary career.

www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/2...

DYK #EdithWharton’s 1905 “House of Mirth” described the destruction an upper-class woman w/o property, such as Lily Bart, might meet if she did not marry into her class? By 1920, modern marriage was more about love than #dowry. Yet in 1923, a NJ court upheld #coverture.