Xingu: A Short Story: Also Includes The Vice of Reading and Reader Discussion Guide (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781941303030)

Modern readers will love this edition of Edith Wharton's classic short story XINGU. Edith Wharton's popular classic short story XINGU and her essay THE VICE OF READING, plus a Reader's Discussion Guide all in one provides a unique edition that offers an individual reader, as well as book club members, opportunity for discussion and reflection.

Downtown Abbey fans will enjoy discovering the meaning of Xingu, along with Mrs. Ballinger and the Ladies of the Lunch Club. This edition contains the following features:

• Complete annotated and unabridged text of Wharton's short story XINGU
• Additional complete essay The Vice of Reading and Reader's Guide
• Biographical information about Edith Wharton
• Backstory on the writing of Xingu
• Notes about Wharton's works and her writing career
• Complete list of Edith Wharton's short stories
• Link to audio version of XINGU
• Information about the woman featured on the book's cover
• Information on the Short Works Reading Challenge

Edith Wharton published her thoughts on reading in The Vice of Reading in 1903. Her short story XINGU was first published in 1915 and remains popular with today's modern readers and especially with book clubs. Don't wait, scroll up and buy Xingu today

Author: Vikk Simmons, Edith Wharton
ISBN-10: 194130303X
ISBN-13: 9781941303030
Publisher: Ordinary Matters Publishing
Language: English
Published: 10/17/2014
Pages: 80
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.28lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.19d