The End of the Age of Innocence tells the dramatic story of Edith Wharton's heroic crusade to save the lives of displaced Belgians and suffering citizens of her adopted France, by organizing refugee relief efforts during WWI.

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Drawing on unpublished letters and archival materials in Europe and the United States, The End of the Ago of Innocence documents Wharton's activities as fund-raiser, philanthropist, propagandist, and political activist during the Great War. A fascinating account of a little-understood period of Wharton's life. Shari Benstock, author of No Gifts from Chance: A Biography of Edith Wharton

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Book Title: The End of the Age of Innocence
Book Subtitle: Edith Wharton and the First World War
Authors: Alan Price
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-05183-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 1996
Softcover ISBN: 978-0-312-17677-8Published: 14 December 1997
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-05183-7Published: 30 April 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 238
Topics: North American Literature, Twentieth-Century Literature, Literary History, History of Military

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

Front Matter

Introduction The Second Greatest Fourth

A Season of New Beginnings: 1914

Reporter at the Front and Organizer at the Rear: 1915

Honors and Losses: 1916

At War with the American Red Cross: 1917

Armistice and Withdrawal: 1918

Conclusion The End of the Age of Innocence

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