Edith Wharton — the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize — turns her wit to a glittering romantic comedy. Two charming, penniless young people marry on the frank understanding that either may walk away the instant a richer match appears, and set off to spend a year borrowing other people's villas and living on other people's hospitality. The joke, and the ache, is that the arrangement works exactly as designed — and neither of them can bear it. This edition presents the complete and unabridged novel, newly typeset and illustrated with 46 full-page color plates.
