In Morocco
In 1917, amid the turmoil of World War I, Edith Wharton, the author of The Age of Innocence and The House of Mirth, traveled to Morocco. A classic of travel writing, In Morocco is her account of this journey through the country's cities and through its deserts. The Ecco Travels edition of In Morocco brings this previously rare and hard-to-obtain Edith Wharton classic back into print after an absence of many decades. Within a few years more will be known of the past of Morocco, but that past will be far less visible to the traveler than it is today... from In Morocco
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In Morocco
In 1917, amid the turmoil of World War I, Edith Wharton, the author of The Age of Innocence and The House of Mirth, traveled to Morocco. A classic of travel writing, In Morocco is her account of this journey through the country's cities and through its deserts. The Ecco Travels edition of In Morocco brings this previously rare and hard-to-obtain Edith Wharton classic back into print after an absence of many decades. Within a few years more will be known of the past of Morocco, but that past will be far less visible to the traveler than it is today... from In Morocco
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In Morocco

In Morocco

by Edith Wharton
In Morocco

In Morocco

by Edith Wharton

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In 1917, amid the turmoil of World War I, Edith Wharton, the author of The Age of Innocence and The House of Mirth, traveled to Morocco. A classic of travel writing, In Morocco is her account of this journey through the country's cities and through its deserts. The Ecco Travels edition of In Morocco brings this previously rare and hard-to-obtain Edith Wharton classic back into print after an absence of many decades. Within a few years more will be known of the past of Morocco, but that past will be far less visible to the traveler than it is today... from In Morocco

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781515420569
Publisher: Wilder Publications
Publication date: 04/03/2018
Pages: 136
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.38(d)

About the Author

About The Author
Edith Wharton was born in New York in 1862. She lived for much of her life in France and was the first woman to be awarded the Legion d'Honneur in recognition of her achievements as a writer and for her relief work during the war. During her lifetime she wrote more than forty volumes of novels, poetry, essays, memoirs and travel books, the most well-known being The House of Mirth, Ethan Frome and The Age of Innocence, for which she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. She died in 1937.

Date of Birth:

January 24, 1862

Date of Death:

August 11, 1937

Place of Birth:

New York, New York

Place of Death:

Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt, France

Education:

Educated privately in New York and Europe

Table of Contents

Preface * Rabat and Salbliogé * Volubilis, Moulay Idriss and Meknez * Fez * Marrakech * Harems and Ceremonies * General Lyautey's Work in Morocco * A Sketch of Moroccan History * Note on Moroccan Architecture * Books Consulted * Index
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