Contexts constructs the historical foundation for this very historical novel. Many documents are included on the New York Four Hundred, elite social gatherings, archery (the sport for upper-crust daughters), as well as Whartons manuscript outlines, letters, and related writings.The text of Whartons richly allusive Pulitzer Prizewinning 1921 novelof desire and its implications in Old New York has been rigorouslyannotated by a prominent Wharton scholar.
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