The complete online text of Sanctuary by Edith Wharton.

Edith Wharton (1861-1937), American author, chronicled the life of affluent Americans between the Civil War and World War I. Edith Wharton was born Edith Newbold Jones in New York City, probably on Jan. 24, 1861. Like many other biographical facts, she k...

While at the close of her career Edith Wharton was sometimes regarded as passe, a literary aristocrat whose fiction about people of high social standing had little to tell about the masses, particularly during the Jazz Age and the Depression, a counterva...

Perhaps the most striking thing about Edith Wharton 's reputation as a novelist is the fact that she has been "reclaimed" so many times. This fact seems all the more remarkable when one reflects that before her death in 1937, her novels and short stories...

Time stands still in Corkscrew Swamp The mama raccoon skittering along deep in Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary seems hardly to care that she is being watched. For the nonchalant little creature, there is so much more to ponder: Here, half an hour from southwest...

BEN DOBBIN, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 04-01-2007 SANCTUARY -- N.Y.'s Montezuma Wetlands are a vital stopover for migrating birds By BEN DOBBIN, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Date: 04-01-2007, Sunday Section: TRAVEL Edtion: All Editions Every spring and fall,...

Illegal Immigration: As Elvira Arellano goes to Washington to plead her case for sanctuary, another illegal alien who benefited from it stands accused of a heinous crime. Whom should our laws protect?For the past year, Arellano has been holed up in Chicago's Aldaberto United Methodist...

For the first time in a year, an illegal immigrant who took refuge in a church to avoid deportation has left the sanctuary to attend an immigration rights rally in Los Angeles.Elvira Arellano left the church for the first time since seeking sanctuary there Aug....