Title:
Short stories. Selections.
Collected stories / Edith Wharton, [Maureen Howard selected the contents and wrote the notes for this volume]
The Library of America series ;
Library of America ;
Main Entry:
Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937. Author.
Howard, Maureen, 1930- editor.
Publisher:
Library of America : Distributed to the trade in the U.S. by Penguin Putnam,
Publication Date:
2001.
Publication Place:
New York :
ISBN:
1883011930 (alk. paper)
Series:
The Library of America series ; 121-122.
Library of America ; 121-122.
Contents:
volume 1: 1891-1910 -- volume 2 1911-1937.
Mrs. Manstey's view -- The fulness of life -- The lamp of psyche -- The valley of childish things, and other emblems -- The muse's tragedy -- A journey -- The pelican -- Souls belated -- The twilight of the God -- A cup of cold water -- The touchstone -- The Duchess at prayer -- The angel at the grave -- The recovery -- The Rembrandt -- The moving finger -- Sanctuary -- The descent of man -- The mission of Jane -- The other two -- The reckoning -- Expiation -- The lady's maid's bell -- The house of the dead hand -- The introducers -- The hermit and the wild woman -- The last asset -- The pretext -- The pot-boiler -- The best man -- His father's son -- The daunt Diana -- The debt -- Full circle -- The legend -- The eyes -- Afterward -- The letters.
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