# The Reef

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- Book: [The Reef](https://www.bookquiver.com/edith-wharton/the-reef) ([The Reef.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/edith-wharton/the-reef.md))
- Authors: [Edith Wharton](https://www.bookquiver.com/edith-wharton)
- Publisher: everyman_s_library
- ISBN: 978-06-7944-724-5
- Pages: 290
- Published: 1996-07-15
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

Edith Wharton was at the height of her enormous literary powers when she published The Reef in 1912, and everything about this novel suggests a mastery so complete that it can achieve nothing higher....