![]() ![]() ![]() The Age of Desire is a good, quick, entertaining read. Anna’s self worth is dependant on Edith’s approval, so though Anna pays a price when she passes judgement, she is loyal to the end. After all, she has lived a successful and charmed adult life in New York, at The Mount, in Paris…she is a bestselling author, and a part of high society. Wharton seems to live by an “it is better to have loved and lost” motto, but doesn’t seem to think she will actually lose. Anna becomes Wharton’s moral compass, held close when Wharton is confident, sent away when Wharton strays, and depended on when Wharton can’t face the outcomes of her decisions. ![]() Told from Edith’s point of view, as well as her governess turned secretary Anna Bahlmann’s point of view, the reader is treated to the perceived inner thoughts of Edith Wharton as she marries Teddy Wharton, falls in love with Morton Fullerton, and befriends Henry James. ![]() For fans of fictionalized biographies, like The Paris Wife, Loving Frank, Jackie by Josie, Twelve Rooms of the Nile (next in my to read pile), the The Age of Desire by Jennie Fields is for you.įields recounts the love life of author Edith Wharton. For fans of Downton Abbey, this book is for you. For fans of Edith Wharton, this book is for you. Rosalind Porter has always defied expectationsin her work as a physicist on the Manhattan. ![]()
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