Stuart Hutchinson

In this Readers' Guide, Stuart Hutchinson analyzes the most significant writings on The House of Mirth (1905), The Custom of the Country (1913) and The Age of Innocence (1920). Beginning with Wharton's own comments on the novels, he moves on to the contemporary responses of Henry James and challenging reviews such as Katherine Mansfield's, before turning to stimulating critical writing from later perspectives. Geoffrey Walton, Blake Nevius, and R. W. B. Lewis feature among others, followed by feminist insights from Cynthia Griffin Wolff, Elizabeth Ammons, and Elaine Showalter. This Guide is an essential resource for understanding the changing responses to Wharton's work.

The House of Mirth,The Custom of the Country, The Age of Innocence

Edith Wharton

Tim Robinson

Consultative Committee on Full Imputation and International Tax Reform

Arthur Valabh

Dr Robin Congreve

Dr Susan Lojkine

Professor John Prebble

The Treasury, New Zealand

Inland Revenue Department, New Zealand

The final report of the Consultative Committee on Full Imputation and International Tax Reform. Volume 1 contains recommendations on the further detailed measures required for the operation of the imputation and international tax regimes. Volume 2 sets out the draft legislation.

Report of the Consultative Committee

International tax reform - Full imputation - Part 2 (Volume 1)

This book explores Twain's major writings as they address the New World and the Old, race, slavery, imperialism, the possibility of American literary form and the limits of humour. Twain's humour is an expression of the pleasure and fun of life, but it is also a response to ultimate contradictions and losses. It is particularly American in that it rarely points to harmonies that might actually be enjoyed beyond itself. It is the humour of someone always on the move if not on the run. The absence of any destination in Twain, other than the ultimate one of death, is why his work is so formally unsettled. There is no point of clarification where author, narrator and readers can be expected to arrive together. Texts treated in this book include The Innocents Abroad, Roughing It, Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, Life on the Mississippi, The Gilded Age, A Connecticut Yankee, Pudd'nhead Wilson, Following the Equator, The Mysterious Stranger,and several short pieces.

Humour on the Run

Mark Twain

Stuart Hutchinson

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