Edith Wharton was dissatisfied with America, finding New York City, and the architectural structures …show more content…
She voyaged broadly “by motorcar through Europe, opening schools and hostels for refugees in northern France and Belgium” (GradeSaver). She likewise composed reports for American publications, supporting American contribution in the war (GradeSaver). After the war, Wharton just came back to the United States once in her lifetime (GradeSaver). She set up workrooms to utilize women who had no method for backing and raised assets for these activities and traveled to the front lines to observe the fighting (Dwight). Wharton wrote reports for distribution in America and “urged the United States to join the war effort” …show more content…
Set in 1870's New York, Wharton's novel portrays a general public that is from numerous points of view the absolute opposite of “war-devastated Europe” (Spark Notes). In New York, Wharton's term to portray this well off and exclusive class at the highest point of the city's social chain of command, was a general public absolutely purpose on keeping up its own security (Spark Notes). Old New York forced on its individuals set tenets and desires for basically everything: conduct, styles, practices, and even discussions (Spark Notes). The individuals who ruptured the social code were rebuffed, with choice consideration, by alternate individuals (Spark