The Valley of Decision
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About This Book
Edith Wharton's debut novel, The Valley of Decision, is one of her most significant and exceptional novels. Set in the late 18th century north of Italy, it outlines the different decisions made by Odo Valsecca, a young liberal man, who inherits a dukedom during the years of the French Revolution. 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 Pulitzer Prize for...
Chapters (54)
- THE VALLEY OF DECISION
- EDITH WHARTON
- Author of "A Gift from the Grave," "Crucial Instances," etc.
- "Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision."
- TO MY FRIENDS PAUL AND MINNIE BOURGET IN REMEMBRANCE OF ITALIAN DAYS TOGETHER.
- CONTENTS.
- BOOK I. THE OLD ORDER. BOOK II. THE NEW LIGHT. BOOK III. THE CHOICE. BOOK IV. THE REWARD.
- BOOK I. THE OLD ORDER.
- 1.1.
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- 1.9.
- BOOK II. THE NEW LIGHT.
- 2.1.
- 2.2.
- 2.3.
- 2.4.
- 2.5.
- 2.6.
- 2.7.
- 2.8.
- MIRANDOLINA'S STORY.
- 2.9.
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- 2.15.
- BOOK III. THE CHOICE.
- 3.1.
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- BOOK IV. THE REWARD.
- 4.1.
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