The Age of Desire

By Jennie Fields
(Thorndike Press, Hardcover, Large Print, 9781410454577, 635pp.)

Publication Date: January 2013

Other Editions of This Title: Paperback, Paperback, Hardcover, Compact Disc

Categories: General, Contemporary Women, Historical - General

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For fans of "The Paris Wife," a sparkling glimpse into the life of Edith Wharton and the scandalous love affair that threatened her closest friendship.



NPR
Friday, Aug 10, 2012

Jennie Fields' new novel, The Age of Desire, reimagines Edith Wharton's fling with a young journalist and the obsession that accompanied its fallout. Without that experience, Fields says, Wharton's The Age of Innocence would not have been the same. More at NPR.org

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