The Glimpses of the Moon

Genteel newlyweds Nick and Susy Lansing are accustomed to the best things in life, but recently are without funds. Their marriage of convenience includes a pact to sponge off wealthy friends and to seek better matches for themselves. That, at least, is the plan…

Edith Wharton (1862–1937) was an acclaimed chronicler and keen observer of privileged society, novelist, and short story writer. Her novel The Age of Innocence made her the first female Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction in 1921. She is the also the author of The House of Mirth and Ethan Frome.