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The Touchstone

By Wharton, Edith
The Touchstone

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Authors: Wharton, Edith
Format: Paperback
GTIN13: 9780486852713
ISBN10: 0486852717
Page Count: 80
Dimensions: 5.11x0.25x7.93
Publisher: Dover Publications
Jacket Notes: Edith Wharton is the renowned author of The House of Mirth and Ethan Frome, and she was the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize, for The Age of Innocence. Published in 1900, prior to her better-known works, The Touchstone explores the emotional complexities of love and betrayal.

Penniless and unable to marry the woman he adores, the financially struggling lawyer Stephen Glennard discovers a way out of his predicaments by selling love letters written to him by deceased author Margaret Aubyn. Glennard's psychological anguish as he grapples with his guilt and the repercussions of his actions presents a poignant narrative of conscience and morality that maintains its relevance in the twenty-first century.

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Published in 1900, eleven years prior to her masterpiece Ethan Frome, Edith Wharton's novella The Touchstone explores the emotional complexities of love and betrayal. Penniless and unable to marry the woman he loves, the financially struggling lawyer Stephen Glennard discovers a way out of his predicaments by selling love letters written to him by deceased author Margaret Aubyn. Glennard's psychological anguish as he grapples with his guilt and the repercussions of his actions presents a poignant narrative of human conscience and morality.
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