{"product_id":"glimpses-of-the-moon-isbn-9781805330929","title":"Glimpses of the Moon","description":"\u003cb\u003eA young couple's love is threatened by the destructive power of money, by one of the greatest authors of her age\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In this beautiful novel, Edith Wharton  perceptively describes the  seductions and temptations of high society  with all her trademark wit  and irony.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNick Lansing and Susy  Branch are young, attractive, but impoverished New Yorkers. They are in  love and decide to marry, but they realise their chances of happiness  are slim without the wealth and status that their more privileged  friends take for granted.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNick and Susy agree to separate  whenever either encounters a more eligible proposition. However, as they  honeymoon in friends' lavish houses, from a villa on Lake Como to a  Venetian palace, jealous passions and troubled consciences cause the  idyll to crumble.\"Wharton's unjustly neglected novel… a luscious, worldly, sensuous read, surely the equal of its most obvious offspring - Tender is the Night.\" -\u003cb\u003e Boyd Tonkin, \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"This dark, beautifully-written and perceptive novel still feels fresh today.\" — \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Lady\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eEdith Wharton was born in 1862 in New York, into a rich and socially prominent family. She began to write at an early age, although it was a habit viewed by her family as unsuitable for a woman of her social class. In 1885 she married Edward \"Teddy\" Wharton, a Boston banker. They lived a privileged life, but Wharton gradually grew dissatisfied with the roles of wife and society matron. The Whartons moved to Paris in 1907 and divorced in 1913. Edith continued to live in France, her beloved adoptive home, until her death in 1937.","brand":"Pushkin Press Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304485671141,"sku":"NP9781805330929","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781805330929.jpg?v=1767728191","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/glimpses-of-the-moon-isbn-9781805330929","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}