| Kirika Rōmana nā Edith Wharton (1862-1937) I te Poto |
 He kōrero tino mohio tēnei. Ka tūtaki ohorere ngā wāhine tokorua me ā rāua tamāhine i Rōma i a rātou e hararei ana. Ka ako tātou he hoa tamariki ngā wāhine pakeke e rua, ā, i noho tahi rāua i Rōma i a rāua e tamariki ana i mua i tō rāua marena. E kōrerotia ana te pūrākau mai i te tirohanga a Whaea Slade, te wahine hihiko rawa atu o rāua tokorua, ā, i a ia anō ka pouri mātou mō Whaea Ansley, te wahine pōuri. I te tirohanga tuatahi, kāore he nui o ngā mahi e tupu ana—kāore ngā wāhine e nekeneke i ō rātou tūru i te taupee o te wharekai. Engari i raro i taua marino o waho, kei te mura te kirika Romana. Pānuihia te Kōwhiringa Mō te Kaituhi He mea whakamiharo a Wharton i ngā paerewa katoa, ko ia te wahine tuatahi ki te whiwhi i te Pulitzer Prize (1921, mō Te tau o te harakore) me te tohu tākuta honore mai i Yale (1923). I te katoa, e 40 ngā pukapuka i tuhia e ia — he pukapuka pakiwaitara, he pakiwaitara poto, he rotarota, me ngā pukapuka kore-pūrākau. I muri i te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Ao, i whakawhiwhia ia ki te Legion of Honor i Parani mō āna mahi atawhai whakamiharo i runga i te ingoa o ngā rerenga, te hunga kore mahi, te hunga rawakore, me te hunga e māuiui ana o te hapori Wīwī. I whānau mai a Wharton i roto i tētahi whānau whai rawa o Niu Ioka, engari i te mutunga ka tahuri tana aro arohaehae me te kōrero whakakatakata ki ngā tikanga pāpori pakari me te motuhake o tana karaehe. E mōhiotia whānuitia ana ia hei kaituhi pakiwaitara tūturu i runga i te tikanga a tana hoa pai a Henry James. Haunga Te tau o te harakore, ko ana mahi tino rongonui ko Ethan Frome, Te Whare o te Mirth, a Tuhinga o mua. He mea whakamiharo, he kaihoahoa whare rongonui anō hoki a Wharton, ā, ko tana pukapuka, Te Whakapaipai o ngā Whare i pānuitia whānuitia. I ēnei rā, e kiia ana koia te pukapuka ārahi hou tuatahi mō te hoahoa whare. |
