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Wharton, Edith: Edith Wharton.(Book review)

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From: Biography
Date: 20070622
Author:Messud, Claire; Robertson, Ray; White, Edmund

Wharton, Edith Edith Wharton. Hermione Lee. New York: Knopf/London: Chatto and Windus, 2007. 869 pp. $35.00.

"Although it's obvious that Lee feels a deep affection for both Wharton the writer and the person (yet, admirably, rarely shies away from presenting her less attractive traits); has researched her subject thoroughly, and has read with care everything Wharton has written; her considerable empathy, factual meticulousness and superb critical skills don't make for an entirely satisfactory study. Art, even the humbler varieties such as literary criticism and biography, is ...

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