The Reef (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

by Edith Wharton

Overview

The revelation of a past love affair has disastrous consequences in The Reef, a riveting portrait of two couples whose impending marriage plans are upset once the story of the liaison emerges. Wharton’s clear-eyed wisdom about the possibilities and limitations of love and social class propel this tale to its riveting conclusion.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781411436008
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble
Publication date:	02/15/2011
Series:	Barnes & Noble Digital Library
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	582
Sales rank:	800,692
File size:	289 KB
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

Edith Wharton (1862–1937) was an acclaimed chronicler and keen observer of privileged society, novelist, and short story writer. Her novel The Age of Innocence made her the first female Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction in 1921. She is the also the author of The House of Mirth and Ethan Frome.

Date of Birth:

January 24, 1862

Date of Death:

August 11, 1937

Place of Birth:

New York, New York

Place of Death:

Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt, France

Education:

Educated privately in New York and Europe