This was the first novel she wrote after moving from Bristol to London. It went on to a further change of title in the United States, where it appeared in 1927 as The...
Reception
Edith Wharton
EW
's literary career was achieved in face of the indifference or disapproval of her relations, who felt that to publish was to lose caste. In 1923 EW
was awarded an Honorary DLitt by Yale University
Reception
Elizabeth Jenkins
Rosamond Lehmann
recommended EJ
's writing to Carmen Callil
for inclusion in the Virago Modern Classics series.
Callil, Carmen. “The stories of our lives”. Guardian Unlimited, 26 Apr. 2008.
Reception
Rosamond Lehmann
Carmen Callil
, editor of Virago Press
, approached Adrian House
, RL
's editor at Collins
, about re-issuing her work: he repelled this suggestion, condemning Virago as fairly pronounced feminists.
qtd. in
Hastings, Selina. Rosamond Lehmann. Chatto and Windus, 2002.
393
Textual Production
Antonia White
The idea was that AW
should write the introduction herself. The effort to write it plunged her, said Carmen Callil
, in pain so great . . . it twisted her body.
qtd. in
Vaux, Anna. “Biscuits. Oh good!”. London Review of Books, 27 May 1999, pp. 32-4.