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The Brave Escape of Edith Wharton
By Wooldridge, Connie Nordhielm
- ISBN
- 978-0-54723-630-8
- Publisher
- Clarion
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on September 1, 2010
Gr 6–9—The Brave Escape begins with an explanation of the saying, "Keeping up with the Joneses." The term was coined during the 1800s to describe attempts at social climbing and as a direct reference to the family into which Edith Jones Wharton was born. This hook heightens the monumentality of the unconventional "escape" Wharton made from the rules of Gilded Age New York society into a writing career and a life of...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2010
During the 1800s "keeping up with the Joneses" meant matching the social status of Wharton's family. Yet from an early age, this Pulitzer Prize...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Junior Library Guild
Reviewed on November 1, 2010
Connie Nordhielm Wooldridge recreates the staid, hierarchical world of Edith Wharton’s youth. Readers will sympathize with the stultifying expectations to which Wharton was subjected and will root fo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
