Reviews for No gifts from chance

The average rating for No gifts from chance based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2010-10-15 00:00:00 George Wasilyeff I'm enjoying this biography infinitely more than Hermione Lee's. Benstock's style is much more engaging, allowing the biography to feel more like a story about a woman named Edith Wharton rather than the pretentious (and inaccurate!) dissertation that is Lee's biography. UPDATE: I've read a little too much Wharton. Need a break.

Review # 2 was written on 2015-04-27 00:00:00 Mary Gore I found the life of Edith Wharton fascinating and had no idea she was so active in WW1 and set up so many charities. I also loved the vignettes between Edith and her friends, Henry James, Codman, Fullerton. Her comment in French at the home of Isabelle Stuart Gardner at a New Years dinner which got her exiled from future events was embarrassingly entertaining....I really liked this book. The woman traveled, had fascinating friends, and really was a powerhouse.