| The Touchstone Contributor(s): Wharton, Edith (Author) |
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ISBN: 1847497934 ISBN-13: 9781847497932 Publisher: Alma Books OUR PRICE: $8.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 1050 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5" W x 7.7" (0.25 lbs) 128 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Stephen Glennard is in desperate need of money. So when he becomes aware of the potential value of a series of passionate love letters written to him by the recently deceased author Margaret Aubyn, he sells them and marries the beautiful Alexa Trent. However, his shame and guilt at building a new life on the betrayal of another's love slowly begins to eat away at him, and Margaret's memory has a power that can reach him from beyond the grave. The first of Edith Wharton's works depicting life in "old New York", The Touchstone is an acutely observed novella, and an exploration of the tension between self-serving opportunism and the desire to live a moral life. |
Contributor Bio(s): Wharton, Edith: - Edith Wharton (1862-1937) was one of America's greatest writers. The author of more than forty books, including The Age of Innocence, Wharton was the first woman awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, an honorary Doctorate of Letters from Yale University, and full membership in the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Wharton was the principal designer of her 1902 country home The Mount in Lenox, Mass. The Mount's elegant house and gardens reflect the neoclassical design principles that she espoused in her works The Decoration of Houses and Italian Villas and Their Gardens. |