Already established as a famous and successful novelist, Edith Wharton was living in France when World War I began. In early 1915, the French Red Cross asked her to report on the needs of the hospitals on the war front, and what she witnessed led her to the idea of narrating her experiences in a series of articles for "Scribner s Magazine" that would later be compiled in the present volume."Ya establecida como una novelista de fama y exito, Edith Wharton vivia en Francia cuando estallo la primera guerra mundial. A principios de 1915 la Cruz Roja francesa le pidio que informara sobre las necesidades de los hospitales del frente, y lo que vio le hizo albergar la idea de narrar sus experiencias en una serie de articulos para "Scribner s Magazine" que luego serian recopilados en el presente volumen. ""