Hudson River Bracketed
An American Künstlerroman of Literary Ambition, Hudson Valley Society, and the Conflict Between Tradition and ModernityBy Edith Wharton
Length18h 22m
About this audiobook
Edith Wharton's *Hudson River Bracketed* (1929) follows Vance Weston, a young novelist from the provincial Hudson Valley whose artistic ambitions collide with inherited social codes, commercial literary pressures, and the seductive demands of metropolitan culture. Set between the nineteenth-century world of established manners and the modern age of mass publishing, the novel examines how an artist's imagination is shaped—and compromised—by class, place, and romantic attachment, particularly through Vance's relationship with the sophisticated Halo Tarrant. Wharton's elegant realism, incisive social observation, and carefully controlled irony place the book within the tradition of the novel of artistic development while engaging modernist questions about originality, popular taste, and cultural change. The Hudson River landscape functions not merely as scenery but as a symbolic counterpoint to the restless literary marketplace. Born into New York's privileged society, Wharton possessed an unusually intimate knowledge of the social rituals, educational limitations, and gendered expectations governing the world she depicts. Her own late emergence as a professional writer, together with her sustained engagement with European and American literary cultures, informed her interest in the tension between artistic vocation and social obligation. Written during the final phase of her career, the novel revisits these concerns with both autobiographical resonance and historical perspective. This rewarding and underappreciated novel will appeal to readers of literary fiction, American cultural history, and narratives of artistic formation. It offers a nuanced portrait of authorship while retaining Wharton's characteristic emotional intelligence, stylistic poise, and penetrating critique of privilege.
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GenreGeneral Fiction, Mystery and Thriller
Length18 hrs 22 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 1, 2025
LanguageEnglish
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