{"product_id":"my-dear-governess-irene-goldman-price-9780300169898","title":"My Dear Governess: The Letters of Edith Wharton to Anna Bahlmann","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA rich trove of letters from Edith Wharton to her governess, written over the course of their long and affectionate friendship\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e An exciting archive came to auction in 2009: the papers and personal effects of Anna Catherine Bahlmann (1849-1916), a governess and companion to several prominent American families. Among the collection were one hundred thirty-five letters from her most famous pupil, Edith Newbold Jones, later the great American novelist Edith Wharton. Remarkably, until now, just three letters from Wharton's childhood and early adulthood were thought to survive. Bahlmann, who would become Wharton's literary secretary and confidante, emerges in the letters as a seminal influence, closely guiding her precocious young student's readings, translations, and personal writing. Taken together, these letters, written over the course of forty-two years, provide a deeply affecting portrait of mutual loyalty and influence between two women from different social classes.\u003cp\u003eThis correspondence reveals Wharton's maturing sensibility and vocation, and includes details of her life that will challenge long-held assumptions about her formative years. Wharton scholar Irene Goldman-Price provides a rich introduction to \u003ci\u003eMy Dear Governess\u003c\/i\u003e that restores Bahlmann to her central place in Wharton's life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Irene Goldman-Price\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300169892\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300169898\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/05\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.45w x 1.14d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/09\/2012 pg. 44\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2012 pg. 79\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2012","brand":"Irene Goldman-Price","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44057813975295,"sku":"9780300169898","price":74.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_08eb1970-9e39-4b90-bf0c-faa2d25c124e.jpg?v=1685049020","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/my-dear-governess-irene-goldman-price-9780300169898","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}