Wharton, Edith

A collection of four novellas by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edith Wharton that portray the customs and values of New York society from the 1840s through the 1870s.

Contains the story of Ethan Frome, a New England farmer who is married to a hypochondriac, but in love with his wife's lively cousin, Mattie; and includes the novella "The Touchstone," and three additional short stories by Edith Wharton.

Brilliant portrayal of New York society in the 1870s where money counted for less than manners and morals.

Presents two New England novels by Edith Wharton, including "Ethan Frome," the story of a young farmer who falls in love with the vivacious cousin of his hypochondriac wife, and "Summer," in which a young woman of humble origins defies society by engaging in a torrid love affair with a man far above her station.

A collection of eight short stories by nineteenth-century American author Edith Wharton, including the title work, a portrait of erotic love and illegitimacy.

Short stories.