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Described by literary critic Robert Morss Lovett as "a novelist of civilization, absorbed in the somewhat mechanical operations of civilization, absorbed in the somewhat mechanical operations of culture, preoccupied with the upper ('and inner') class," Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edith Wharton (1862-1937) also wrote superbly crafted works of short fiction. The seven stories in this excellent collection demonstrate the author's ability to create memorable tales on themes of love and marriage, divorce, the experience of the artist, high society and its workings and other topics.
"Souls Belated," a tragedy of mores, focuses on characters overcome by the demands of convention, while "The Pelican" and "The Muse's Tragedy" both present women whose realities differ from their public personae. "Expiation" is a satiric, revealing story about the publishing industry, featuring a writer determined to increase the sales of her first novel. In "The Dilettante," a young man who prides himself on his ability to manipulate women must face ironic consequences when he introduces his fiancée to his supposed lover. "Xingu" is a witty satire on the intellectual pretensions of a group of rich women, while "The Other Two" presents a darkly humorous look at the consequences of divorce.
Gathered in this inexpensive volume, these stories provide an excellent sampling of Wharton's masterly efforts in the short story genre, a form of fiction she felt especially suited to her talents and one that enabled her to achieve a focused and intimate realism.
Expiation; The Dilettante; The Muse's Tragedy; The Pelican; Souls Belated; Xingu; The Other Two; Edith Newbold Jones; Pulitzer Prize winner; American novelist; woman American novelist; female American writer; American short story writer; American designer; Nobel Prize in Literature; three-time Nobel Prize winner; America's privileged classes; psychological insight; Theodore Roosevelt; The Valley of Decision; The House of Mirth; The Fruit of the Tree; The Reef; The Custom of the Country; Summer; The Marne; The Age of Innocence; The Glimpses of the Moon; A Son at the Front; The Mother's Recompense; Twilight Sleep; The Children; Hudson River Bracketed; The Gods Arrive; The Buccaneers; The Touchstone; Sanctuary; Madame de Treymes; Ethan Frome; Bunner Sisters; Old New York; False Dawn; The Old Maid; The Spark; New Year's Day; Fast and Loose: A Novelette"Souls Belated," a tragedy of mores, focuses on characters overcome by the demands of convention, while "The Pelican" and "The Muse's Tragedy" both present women whose realities differ from their public personae. "Expiation" is a satiric, revealing story about the publishing industry, featuring a writer determined to increase the sales of her first novel. In "The Dilettante," a young man who prides himself on his ability to manipulate women must face ironic consequences when he introduces his fiancée to his supposed lover. "Xingu" is a witty satire on the intellectual pretensions of a group of rich women, while "The Other Two" presents a darkly humorous look at the consequences of divorce.
Gathered in this inexpensive volume, these stories provide an excellent sampling of Wharton's masterly efforts in the short story genre, a form of fiction she felt especially suited to her talents and one that enabled her to achieve a focused and intimate realism.
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Described by literary critic Robert Morss Lovett as "a novelist of civilization, absorbed in the somewhat mechanical operations of civilization, absorbed in the somewhat mechanical operations of culture, preoccupied with the upper ('and inner') class," Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edith Wharton (1862-1937) also wrote superbly crafted works of short fiction. The seven stories in this excellent collection demonstrate the author's ability to create memorable tales on themes of love and marriage, divorce, the experience of the artist, high society and its workings and other topics.
"Souls Belated," a tragedy of mores, focuses on characters overcome by the demands of convention, while "The Pelican" and "The Muse's Tragedy" both present women whose realities differ from their public personae. "Expiation" is a satiric, revealing story about the publishing industry, featuring a writer determined to increase the sales of her first novel. In "The Dilettante," a young man who prides himself on his ability to manipulate women must face ironic consequences when he introduces his fiancée to his supposed lover. "Xingu" is a witty satire on the intellectual pretensions of a group of rich women, while "The Other Two" presents a darkly humorous look at the consequences of divorce.
Gathered in this inexpensive volume, these stories provide an excellent sampling of Wharton's masterly efforts in the short story genre, a form of fiction she felt especially suited to her talents and one that enabled her to achieve a focused and intimate realism.
Expiation; The Dilettante; The Muse's Tragedy; The Pelican; Souls Belated; Xingu; The Other Two; Edith Newbold Jones; Pulitzer Prize winner; American novelist; woman American novelist; female American writer; American short story writer; American designer; Nobel Prize in Literature; three-time Nobel Prize winner; America's privileged classes; psychological insight; Theodore Roosevelt; The Valley of Decision; The House of Mirth; The Fruit of the Tree; The Reef; The Custom of the Country; Summer; The Marne; The Age of Innocence; The Glimpses of the Moon; A Son at the Front; The Mother's Recompense; Twilight Sleep; The Children; Hudson River Bracketed; The Gods Arrive; The Buccaneers; The Touchstone; Sanctuary; Madame de Treymes; Ethan Frome; Bunner Sisters; Old New York; False Dawn; The Old Maid; The Spark; New Year's Day; Fast and Loose: A Novelette"Souls Belated," a tragedy of mores, focuses on characters overcome by the demands of convention, while "The Pelican" and "The Muse's Tragedy" both present women whose realities differ from their public personae. "Expiation" is a satiric, revealing story about the publishing industry, featuring a writer determined to increase the sales of her first novel. In "The Dilettante," a young man who prides himself on his ability to manipulate women must face ironic consequences when he introduces his fiancée to his supposed lover. "Xingu" is a witty satire on the intellectual pretensions of a group of rich women, while "The Other Two" presents a darkly humorous look at the consequences of divorce.
Gathered in this inexpensive volume, these stories provide an excellent sampling of Wharton's masterly efforts in the short story genre, a form of fiction she felt especially suited to her talents and one that enabled her to achieve a focused and intimate realism.
