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Where we shall be simply two human beings who love each other, who are the whole of life to each other; and nothing else on earth will matter.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNewland Archer, a successful and charming young lawyer conducts himself by the rules and standards of the polite, upper class New York society that he resides in. Happily engaged to the pretty and conventional May Welland, his attachment guarantees his place in this rigid world of the elite.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHowever, the arrival of May's cousin, the exotic and beautiful European Countess Olenska throws Newland's life upside down. A divorcee, Olenska is ostracised by those around her, yet Newland is fiercely drawn to her wit, determination and willingness to flout convention. 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Elegant and controlled, they trace the lingering effects of guilt, secrecy and moral judgement - and the moment when the repressed makes its reappearance.\r\nIncludes the stories: Afterward, The Eyes and Bewitched","brand":"BOOKSITE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45358898315379,"sku":"9781529985955","price":248.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2291\/7991\/files\/20281273482732.jpg?v=1789644601"},{"product_id":"9781405986144","title":"Penguin Pomegranate Seed and Other Ghostly Tales.","description":"PENGUIN HORROR: A celebration of the very best literary horror, a series of terrifying novels and tales that for generations have thrilled, captivated and kept readers wide awake at night.\n\nKnown for writing some of the most incisive and elegant novels of the early twentieth century, Edith Wharton was also a master practitioner of the ghost story, producing dozens of frightful fictions throughout her lifetime. Combining pristine prose with strange, suffocating atmospheres and a profound sense of the uncanny, Pomegranate Seed and Other Ghostly Tales, a collection of Wharton's very best haunting narratives, detail spectral handwriting, isolated houses in lonely landscapes, and a husband with a terrible secret…\n\n“Masterly stories of horror and unease” ―New Yorker","brand":"BOOKSITE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45358913388659,"sku":"9781405986144","price":248.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2291\/7991\/files\/16057923482688.jpg?v=1789404523"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.readerswarehouse.co.za\/collections\/edith-wharton-books.oembed","provider":"Readers Warehouse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}