Binding: Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780936399874ISBN:0936399872
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: BiblioLife, LLC
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9781110457038ISBN:1110457030
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Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 9 by 6 inches. This book is printed on demand [allow 1-2 weeks for printing]. (00060 pages) lang=english accessory: no accessory (Paperback ) read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: General Books LLC
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780217818605ISBN:0217818609
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: D. Appleton
Date Published: 1919
Description: Good. Some water exposure to cover, a black spot on the front right hand corner of the cover, pps. 149-Very Clean Copy-Over 500, 000 Internet Orders Filled. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: BiblioLife, LLC
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9781110457052ISBN:1110457057
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: BiblioLife, LLC
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9781110667741ISBN:1110667744
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Unknown
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781406707021ISBN:1406707023
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Edition: \N
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: BiblioLife
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9781110457052ISBN:1110457057
Description: BRAND NEW HARDCOVER. 9.21 by 6 inches. This book is printed on demand [allow 1-2 weeks for printing]. (00166 pages) this scarce antiquarian book is included in our special legacy reprint series. in the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imper lang=english accessory: no accessory (Hardcover ) read more
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: BiblioLife
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9781110667741ISBN:1110667744
Description: BRAND NEW HARDCOVER. 9.21 by 6 inches. This book is printed on demand [allow 1-2 weeks for printing]. (00166 pages) this scarce antiquarian book is included in our special legacy reprint series. in the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imper lang=english accessory: no accessory (Hardcover ) read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Unknown
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781443721608ISBN:1443721603
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Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: D. Appleton and Company, New York
Date Published: 1919
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Very good hard cover edition. 1st Edition. Gilt, red, and white decorated front cover on green cloth. Spine fading. Lightly rubbed. Lightly handled. No dust jacket. Clean text. Tight binding. 149 pages. read more
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Edition: 1st ed
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: D. Appleton & Co., NY
Date Published: 1919
Description: 149pp. Green cloth, small 8vo. Gilt lettering and illustration on front cover. A less than perfect copy of a scarce Wharton title. Condition: Heavy edge wear, gilt lettering on spine is unreadable, pages age darkened, else Good cond. Lacks publisher's box. SKU 20806 ** We ship our books in sturdy corrugated cartons, paper items in stiff "Stay Flat" envelopes. (We do not use padded envelopes. ) read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: D. Appleton and Company, New York, N.Y., USA
Date Published: 1919
Description: Near Fine. NEAR FINE 1st edition, lacking the exceedingly scarce publisher's box. First edition, First State, with the "(1)" at the bottom of the last page of text. Small 8vo volume (5" by 7.5"), xiv + 149 pages. Bound in green cloth, with titles in gold on the spine and front cover, which also bears a drawing of French village in mountains framed by trees, rendered in red, light green, and gold. Spine dull, offsetting from a clipping once laid in to the front free endpaper, which also bears ... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: D. Appleton & Co., New York
Date Published: 1919
Description: Very Good. Sixteen mo, about 7 inches tall, in green cloth decorated in gilt, red and white. 149 pages. A celebration of French culture and attitudes at the end of the First World War. Modestly worn covers with extremity wear, and abrasion to the head of the spine making "French Ways" unreadable. Previous owner bookplate on the front endpaper. Front endpaper a little soiled. Binding sound but for an opening to the mull after the first gathering. read more
"If you like more scientific non-fiction this will probably irritate you, but if you like to dream about romantic notions like a culture having an innate ability to appreciate art, you might enjoy it. I am in the latter group...I think that even if this book might be speculative and perhaps a bit outdated, it is a fun daydream, and there are many quotable bits."
"I read this a few years ago and need to reread it. I liked her view of the French and there are parts that I found quite cryptic at times (written in the early 1900's)"
"This book was a little surprise. I found it when I was searching the library for geographical and language information about France. I really like Wharton's writing style. It is definitely early 20th century, but so elegant and measured. Her wit is subtle but carries through each little essay in this book. I agree with the introduction that this book isn't so much about who the French really are, but how Edith Wharton saw them. And she loved the French people very much. Her insights into the French culture are eye-opening. Her description of how, compared to French women, American women are infants attending a Montessori school was intriguing. I had to keep reading to find out why she thought that. She also does not flinch from describing what Americans have called French flaws, such as carrying on traditions that have lost their meanings. Wharton empashsis the overall French traditoin is a rich one, which is more than one can say about Americans who do not seem to remember yesterday let alone their roots. OK. She didn't actually say that. I am paraphrasing heavily, but I think she might agree.
I don't know how accurate Wharton was in her description of the French during and after WW1, but I sense that there are nuggets of truth there that carry on to today. I hope to travel to France some day and find out."
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