Complete Stories

This volume contains the complete stories of Edith Wharton. Edith Wharton (1862 - 1937) was an American novelist, short story writer, and er. Wharton drew upon her insider‘s knowledge of the upper class New York ‘aristocracy‘ to realistically portray the lives and morals of the Gilded Age. In 1921, she became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Literature. She was inducted into the National Women‘s Hall of Fame in 1996. CONTENTS: The Greater Inclination The Muse‘s Tragedy A Journey The Pelican Souls Belated A Coward The Twilight of the God A Cup of Cold Water The Portrait Crucial Instances The Duchess at Prayer The Angel at the Grave The Recovery ‘Copy‘ The Rembrandt The Moving Finger The Confessional The Descent of Man, and other stories Dedication The Descent of Man The Mission of Jane The Other Two The Quicksand The Dilettante The Reckoning Expiation The Lady‘s Maid‘s Be~ll~ A Venetian Night‘s Entertainment The Letter The Hermit and the Wild Woman, and other stories The Hermit and the Wild Woman The Last Asset In Trust The Pretext The Verdict The Pot-Boiler The Best Man Tales of Men and Ghosts The Bolted Door His Father‘s Son The Daunt Diana The Debt Full Circle The Legend The Eyes The Blond Beast Afterward The Letters Xingu, and other Stories Xingu Coming Home Autres Temps … Kerfo~l~ The Long Run The Triumph of Night The Choice Bunner Sisters Here and Beyond Miss Mary Pask The Young Gentlemen Bewitched The Seed of the Faith The Temperate Zone Velvet Ear-Pads Certain People Dedication Atrophy A Bottle of Perrier After Holbein Dieu d‘Amour The Refugees Mr Jones Human Nature Dedication Her Son The Day of the Funeral A Glimpse Joy in the House Diagnosis The World Over Charm Incorporated Pomegranate Seed Permanent Wave Confession Roman Fever The Looking-Glass Duration Uncollected Stories Mrs Manstey‘s View The Fulness of Life The Lamp of Psyche That Good May Come The Valley of Childish Things and Other Emblems April Showers Line of Least Resistance The House of the Dead Hand The Introducers Les Metteurs en Scène Writing a War Story All Souls‘