The Writing of Fiction

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A rare work of nonfiction from Edith Wharton, The Writing of Fiction contains timeless advice on writing and reading well from the first woman ever to win a Pulitzer Prizenow with a new introduction by Brandon Taylor.

In 1921, Edith Wharton won a Pulitzer Prize for her first novel, The Age of Innocence. Over the course of her career, she would continue to produce beloved, bestselling workfrom The House of Mirth to The Custom of the Countryand gained a reputation for her incisive critiques of her upper-class social circle. To each new generation of readers, her work remains fresh, formally remarkable, and endlessly entertaining.

The Writing of Fiction is a window into Whartons mind as she ponders the intertwined arts of writing and reading. Wharton provides invaluable insight on the subjects of character, the challenge of finely-tuned short stories, the construction of a novel, and more. Beyond a treatise on craft, The Writing of Fiction is a sweeping meditation by a masterful practitioner and a rare chance to experience the inimitable voice of one of Americas most influential novelists.

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"There are only three or four American novelists who can be thought of as 'major'--and Edith Wharton is one."--Gore Vidal

"Edith Wharton is my favorite writer and her incisive indictments of the wealthy class she was a part of, are endlessly interesting to me."--Roxane Gay, Medium

"Edith Wharton was there before all of us; disdainful, imperious, brilliant foremother."--The Millions

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Edith Wharton(18621937) was an American novelistthe first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for her novelThe Age of Innocencein 1921as well as a short story writer, playwright, designer, reporter, and poet. Her otherworks includeEthan Frome, The House of Mirth,andRoman Fever and Other Stories.Born into one of New Yorks elite families, she drew upon her knowledge of upper-class aristocracy to realistically portray the lives and morals of the Gilded Age.