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Contents List of Illustration ix Preface xi Introduction: A Glittering Place 1 PART ONE. Reading Wharton on Film 1. Charm Incorporated: The Short Fiction 19 2. The Mechanical Terror: The Novels 41 The Reef (1912) Twilight Sleep (1927) The Children (1928) PART TWO. Watching Wharton on Film 3. Going Hollywood: The Thirties 77 The Marriage Playground (1930) The Age of Innocence (1934) The Old Maid (1939) 4. Wharton in Bloom: The Nineties 109 The Children (1990) Ethan Frome (1993) The Age of Innocence (1993) The House of Mirth (2000) Conclusion: Another Country 143 Filmography 175 Notes 181 Works Cited 201 Index 213 ...

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