Edith Wharton's French Riviera
2002réf. 2341610Italy: Flammarion 2002. First English Language Edition. Large Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8x1x11. First edition in English. Light smudge on rear jacket panel. 2002 Large Hardcover. 149 pp. Edith Wharton's love affair with the French Riviera began in 1919 and continued to the end of her days. She found there a microcosm of the sort of society that had always fascinated her that she described in her classic novels. Between the two world wars the whole region was a playground for film stars magnates and princesses: her neighbors included Wallis Simpson Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Cole Porter and Dorothy Parker. For Edith Wharton the Riviera was at once a haven where she could write to her heart's content and a terrifyingly superficial world. This fascinating book is a study of this world as it existed when Edith Wharton arrived and how the region changed over the years. Richly illustrated with both contemporary and vintage photographs it is a hugely evocative portrait of the Golden Age of the Riviera. Edith Wharton on the Riviera is a rare treat: a taste of the fabulous lifestyle of the privileged classes that has now vanished forever. Flammarion hardcover books
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