In Morocco edition by Edith Wharton Literature Fiction eBooks
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This early work by Edith Wharton was originally published in 1920 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'In Morocco' is a travel journey in which Wharton details her observations and experiences while in colonial North Africa. Edith Wharton was born in New York City in 1862. Wharton's first poems were published in Scribner’s Magazine. In 1891, the same publication printed the first of her many short stories, titled 'Mrs. Manstey’s View'. Over the next four decades, they – along with other well-established American publications such as Atlantic Monthly, Century Magazine, Harper’s and Lippincott’s – regularly published her work.
In Morocco edition by Edith Wharton Literature Fiction eBooks
Its 1918, and in the midst of the last throes of the awful slaughter in the trenches and the failure of the Dardanelles campaign against the Ottoman Empire, Edith Wharton, gifted American novelist, braves the danger of U-boats to travel to, and then through, the royal cities of Morocco and tell us about it. What a delight! What a verbal film about a watershed moment in an exotic place! I greatly enjoyed seeing it thru her eyes and mind."The air of the unforseen blows on one from the roadless passes of the Atlas."
"Even the fierce midday sun does not wholly dispel [the haze]-the air remains thick, opalescent, like water slightly clouded by milk."
"Not till two or three years ago was [Rabat] completely pacified; and when it opened its gates to the infidel it was still, as it is today, the type of the untouched Moroccan city-so untouched that, with the sunlight irradiating its cream-coloured walls and blue-white domes above them, it rests on its carpet of rich fruit-gardens like some rare specimen of Arab art on a strip of old Oriental velevt."
"Range after range these translucent hills rose before us, all around the solitude was complete."
"We visited old palaces and new, inhabited and abandoned, and over all lay the same fine dust of oblivion, like the silvery mould on an overripe fruit."
Keep a pencil with you and mark your own passages.
The criticisms made earlier really miss the value of such a "colorful and textured travel memoir." I know a lot more about the author, now. I found more interesting Wharton's sense of outrage at the religious and social oppression of Moroccan women than her "Orientalism." Any decent biography about the "Great Emancipator," Abraham Lincoln, reveals statements and positions on race which are abhorrent today. Human beings are rather complex, aren't we? Wharton herslf didn't even have the right to vote in the U. S. until several years after her visits to the harems she descries near the end of this short travelogue.
There is much to learn from eye-witness accounts even with some danger that they might offend our current sensibilities. Western attitudes may (I stress that word) have changed quite a bit since 1918 but I notice that virtually all the mosques in Morocco are still closed to non-moslems.
The beauty of the work speaks for itself and all the rest is best left to its own merit. Read this book if you have any interest in going to Morocco, or in getting a glimpse into the mindset and skill of a great author, or a feel for time and place.
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In Morocco edition by Edith Wharton Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
Interesting by not great.
Loved the scholarly thoroughness of Wharton's observations!
How fascinating to have seen Morocco at this time! Adds richness and depth to this modern traveler's understanding.
This is a self publish type of book filled with typos! There are two in the first sentence alone! It didn’t occur to me to read a review of a classic book before purchase my mistake!
A very interesting non-fiction book that offers picturesque views and is a deep insight in culture, traditions and architecture of Morocco in XIX century. If you are interested in history and cultural studies, this book is definetely worth of reading.
The print is too small. It's a good thing I have the book on since I can't begin to read the paper edition.
This is a poor photocopy of the book and the haphazard formatting makes it very difficult to read -- broken sentences, non existent
punctuation, redundant chapter headings -- as if no one proof read this. Very disappointing.
We loved the text and quality of Edith Wharton's writing. We both read her journal and then returned to it again and again as we traveled in Morocco. We found a very liberal, welcoming culture in Morocco as though the King, family, advisors, and clergy had all read her words and saw the future approaching. We found this book critical to our appreciation of the country today.
Its 1918, and in the midst of the last throes of the awful slaughter in the trenches and the failure of the Dardanelles campaign against the Ottoman Empire, Edith Wharton, gifted American novelist, braves the danger of U-boats to travel to, and then through, the royal cities of Morocco and tell us about it. What a delight! What a verbal film about a watershed moment in an exotic place! I greatly enjoyed seeing it thru her eyes and mind.
"The air of the unforseen blows on one from the roadless passes of the Atlas."
"Even the fierce midday sun does not wholly dispel [the haze]-the air remains thick, opalescent, like water slightly clouded by milk."
"Not till two or three years ago was [Rabat] completely pacified; and when it opened its gates to the infidel it was still, as it is today, the type of the untouched Moroccan city-so untouched that, with the sunlight irradiating its cream-coloured walls and blue-white domes above them, it rests on its carpet of rich fruit-gardens like some rare specimen of Arab art on a strip of old Oriental velevt."
"Range after range these translucent hills rose before us, all around the solitude was complete."
"We visited old palaces and new, inhabited and abandoned, and over all lay the same fine dust of oblivion, like the silvery mould on an overripe fruit."
Keep a pencil with you and mark your own passages.
The criticisms made earlier really miss the value of such a "colorful and textured travel memoir." I know a lot more about the author, now. I found more interesting Wharton's sense of outrage at the religious and social oppression of Moroccan women than her "Orientalism." Any decent biography about the "Great Emancipator," Abraham Lincoln, reveals statements and positions on race which are abhorrent today. Human beings are rather complex, aren't we? Wharton herslf didn't even have the right to vote in the U. S. until several years after her visits to the harems she descries near the end of this short travelogue.
There is much to learn from eye-witness accounts even with some danger that they might offend our current sensibilities. Western attitudes may (I stress that word) have changed quite a bit since 1918 but I notice that virtually all the mosques in Morocco are still closed to non-moslems.
The beauty of the work speaks for itself and all the rest is best left to its own merit. Read this book if you have any interest in going to Morocco, or in getting a glimpse into the mindset and skill of a great author, or a feel for time and place.
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