The Mother’s Recompense

1925. Wharton, an American author, is best known for her stories and ironic novels about upper class people. Wharton’s central subjects were the conflict between social and individual fulfillment, repressed sexuality, and the manners of old families and the nouveau riche, who had made their fortunes in more recent years. Among her numerous novels, short stories, and travel writings are The House of Mirth, Ethan Frome, and the Pulitzer prize-winning Age of Innocence. The Mother’s Recompense relates the story of a mother and daughter whose infatuation with the same man causes shock waves to ripple through 1920s New York high society. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.