| Description |
xiii, 296 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Summary |
An exciting archive came to auction in 2009: the papers and personal effects of Anna Catherine Bahlmann (1849-1916), a governess and companion to several prominent American families. Among the collection were one hundred thirty-five letters from her most famous pupil, Edith Newbold Jones, later the great American novelist Edith Wharton. Remarkably, until now, just three letters from Wharton's childhood and early adulthood were thought to survive. Bahlmann, who would become Wharton's literary secretary and confidant, emerges in the letters as a seminal influence, closely guiding her precocious young student's readings, translations, and personal writing. Taken together, these letters, written over the course of forty-two years, provide a deeply affecting portrait of mutual loyalty and influence between two women from different social classes. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-281) and index. |
| Subject |
Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937 -- Correspondence.
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Authors, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence.
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Authors, American -- 19th century -- Correspondence.
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Bahlmann, Anna Catherine, 1849-1916 -- Correspondence.
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| Added Author |
Bahlmann, Anna Catherine, 1849-1916, addressee.
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Goldman-Price, Irene.
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| Added Title |
Correspondence. Selections
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| ISBN |
9780300169898 |
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0300169892 |
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