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...

Stellwagen Bank, 30 miles east of Boston, is the Harvard Square of Massachusetts Bay. When the weather proves fair, Stellwagen is a bank of anglers trolling for bluefin tuna, whale-watching vessels with delighted observers, commercial fishing draggers and cruise and container ships negotiating...

Pope John Paul II has sent an important message to members of his church who have responded to the human tragedy in Central America. "Among you there are people of great courage and generosity who have been doing much on behalf of suffering...

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....