The Touchstone (Thrift Editions) - Softcover

Wharton, Edith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0486852717 ISBN 13: 9780486852713

Publisher: Dover Publications Inc, 2024

Synopsis

New York lawyer Stephen Glennard, in an effort to raise money to pay for his upcoming wedding to his sweetheart, sells love letters written to him by deceased author Margaret Aubyn. Unsurprisingly, this action comes back to haunt him and his marriage, and exposes a betrayal that becomes the talk of New York society. In Wharton's signature style, the ideas of love and loyalty are explored in this brief novella--Wharton's first to be published in 1900--that has lessons on privacy and morality for the twenty-first century as well.

About this title

About the Author

Edith Wharton was an American novelist, playwright and essayist who chronicled upper class New England society. She was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1921. Her novels include Ethan Frome, The Age of Innocence, and The House of Mirth.

From the Back Cover

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0486852717
• ISBN 13: 9780486852713
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 80