En el viejo Nueva York de 1850 despuntaban unas cuantas familias cuyas vidas transcurr an en pl cida opulencia. Los Ralston eran una de ellas. Los en rgicos brit nicos y los rubicundos y robustos holandeses se hab an mezclado entre ellos dando lugar a una sociedad pr spera, cauta...
Delia rejected passion in favor of a secure marriage but cousin Charlotte followed her own heart, even though it meant remaining unwed and giving up her baby. Charlotte's sacrifice has allowed the child, Tina, an advantageous position in New York City's fashionable society as...
Edith Wharton (1862-1937) was an American novelist, short story writer, and designer. Wharton drew upon her insider's knowledge of the upper class New York "aristocracy" to realistically portray the lives and morals of the Gilded Age. In 1921, she became the first woman to win...
The sturdy English and the rubicund and heavier Dutch had mingled to produce aprosperous, prudent and yet lavish society. To "do things handsomely" had always been afundamental principle in this cautious world, built up on the fortunes of bankers, Indiamerchants, shipbuilders...
The sturdy English and the rubicund and heavier Dutch had mingled to produce aprosperous, prudent and yet lavish society. To "do things handsomely" had always been afundamental principle in this cautious world, built up on the fortunes of bankers, Indiamerchants, shipbuilders...
Em 1850, a alta burguesia de Nova York desfrutou de uma prosperidade negligenciada. Delia, "rainha" do endog mico cl Ralston, finaliza os detalhes de seu guarda-roupa para brilhar no evento social do ano: a conex o de sua prima Charlotte Lovell com Joe Ralston, que tamb m selar...
1850 genoss die New Yorker Hochbourgeoisie einen vernachl?ssigten Wohlstand. Delia, "K?nigin" des endogamen Ralston-Clans, stellt die Details ihrer Garderobe fertig, um im gesellschaftlichen Ereignis des Jahres zu gl?nzen: die Vereinigung ihrer Cousine Charlotte Lovell mit Joe...
En 1850, el haute bourgeoisie new-yorkaise jouit d'une prosp?rit? n?glig?e. Delia, "reine" du clan endogame Ralston, finalise les d?tails de sa garde-robe pour briller dans l'?v?nement social de l'ann?e: l'union de sa cousine Charlotte Lovell avec Joe Ralston, qui scellera ?galement...
Nel 1850 l'alta borghesia di New York godette di una prosperit? trascurata. Delia, "regina" dell'endogame clan Ralston, finalizza i dettagli del suo guardaroba per risplendere nell'evento sociale dell'anno: l'unione della cugina Charlotte Lovell con Joe Ralston, che sigler? anche...