Madame de Treymes follows the fortunes of two innocents abroad: Fanny Frisbee of New York, unhappily married to the dissolute Marquis de Malrive, scion of a great house of the Faubourg St. Germain; and John Durham, her childhood friend, who arrives in Paris intent on persuading Fanny to divorce her husband and marry him instead. A scintillating picture of American and French society at the turn of the century, it is also a subtle investigation of the clash of cultures and the role of women in the social hierarchy.
This edition also includes the novellas Sanctuary and Bunner Sisters, two short works rich in the social satire and cunning insight that characterized Wharton’s acclaimed novels The House of Mirth and The Age of Innocence.
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"Four excellent Wharton novellas covering a range of moral dilemmas and Wharton's usual scathing indictments of social pretensions. "The Bunner Sisters" was especially heartbreaking." — Karen (4 out of 5 stars)
"Four excellent Wharton novellas covering a range of moral dilemmas and Wharton's usual scathing indictments of social pretensions. "The Bunner Sisters" was especially heartbreaking."
“Madame de Treymes is marvelously well executed…the work of a master craftsman, one who retains the older pride in the temper and delicacy of tools an to whom marketability is no test of excellence.”
“It is a great pity that the race of novelists do not follow the example of Edith Wharton…She knows how to leave out the little more which means failure and to include the little less which means success.”
“Wharton writes with wit and with distinction. All her work has quality; it bears the mark of a personality, and accordingly should be read.”
“Mrs. Wharton has written a short story which stands entirely above criticism.”
“Listeners are treated to characters they can relate to amid themes of love, loyalty and loss.”
" Overall this collection was excellent and very thought provoking. I love the examination of morality, ethics, hypocrisy, and love. "
" I've read the title novella in this 4 novella collection, and really liked it. Wharton is a master at creating suspense in these fraught social situations. "
Ghizela Rowe has worked in broadcast television for thirty years on a broad range of programming. Her specialization is in music. She helps run the Copyright Group, an extensive collection of master recording rights, and has lent her voice to many audiobooks, including The Poetry of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Elizabeth Gaskell: The Short Stories, and The Romantics: An Introduction.
Jennifer Van Dyck has appeared on Broadway in Hedda Gabler, Dancing at Lughnasa, Two Shakespearean Actors, and The Secret Rapture. She has been in new plays by Keith Bunin, Ellen McLaughlin, Catherine Filloux, Douglas Post, A. R. Gurney, and Albert Innaurato. Her film and television credits include Series 7, States of Control, Bullets over Broadway, numerous Law & Order episodes, Ed, Spin City, and The Education of Max Bickford. Her audiobook narrations have won her three AudioFile Earphones Awards.
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