![]() ![]() Her narrative is as rich as the souks through which she wandered, peopled with story-tellers and warriors, slaves and silk-spinners an evocative and intimate portrait of an extraordinary country. Edith Wharton is an incredible writer, but when it comes to travel writing at least after reading her account on the souks of Marrakesh I can say first, that. Along the way she witnessed religious ceremonies and ritual dances, visited the opulent palaces of the Sultan and was admitted to the mysterious world of his harem. Edith Wharton ( / hwrtn / born Edith Newbold Jones Janu August 11, 1937) was an American writer and designer. She traveled-by military jeep-to Rabat, Moulay Idriss, Fex and Marrakech, from the Atlantic coast to the high Atlas. With a characteristic sense of adventure, Wharton set out to explore Morocco and its people, recording her impressions and encounters. and look out on a land of mists and mysteries a land of trailing silver veils through which domes and minarets, mighty towers and ramparts of flushed stone, hot palm groves and Atlas snows, peer and disappear at the will of the Atlantic cloud-driftsĪ classic of travel writing, In Morocco is Edith Wharton's remarkable account of her journey to the country during World War I. I stand in portico hung with gentian-blue ipomeas. An educational and fascinating listen (Library Journal) performed by an Audie Awardwinning narrator In this riveting historical account, Edith Wharton. ![]()
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