Wharton combined her insider's view of America's privileged classes with a brilliant, natural wit to write humorous, incisive novels and short stories of social and psychological insight. Wharton's first full-length novel, The Valley of Decision, is set in eighteenth-century Italy. Here Wharton pits folks inspired by the antireligious thoughts of Rousseau and Voltaire against the orthodox leaders of the day. Soon enough Wharton's night-constant theme comes through: this, like most other violations of personal convention, will come at a terrible cost.

Media	Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released	June 28, 2016
ISBN13	9781534955837
Publishers	Createspace Independent Publishing Platf
Pages	422
Dimensions	152 × 229 × 22 mm · 562 g
Language	English

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