| The Touchstone Contributor(s): Wharton, Edith (Author), Conlin, Grace (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1470888254 ISBN-13: 9781470888251 Publisher: Blackstone Publishing OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: June 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) - Fiction | Romance - Contemporary - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.1" W x 5.8" (0.15 lbs) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This spare, mesmerizing novel is Edith Wharton's money-can't-buy-happiness tale. Young Stephen Glennard is poor, but he has an unanticipated gambling chip: a collection of love letters from a scorned but now famous lover, the distinguished novelist Margaret Aubyn. To raise money for his forthcoming wedding to another woman, Stephen stoops to selling the letters. His decision brings him wealth and admission to society, but a mystery contained in the missives comes back to haunt him, and it may take a madness of guilt to remind Stephen that he does, after all, have a conscience. Betrayal, greed, and consequences faced make this sly, masterful story a deft social and psychological portrait to stand with Wharton's best. |
Contributor Bio(s): Wharton, Edith: - Edith Wharton (1862-1937) was born in New York and is best known for her stories of life among the upper-class society into which she was born. She was educated privately at home and in Europe. In 1894 she began writing fiction, and her novel The House of Mirth established her as a leading writer. Her novels The Age of Innocence and Old New York were each awarded the Pulitzer Prize. She was the first woman to receive that honor. In 1929 she was awarded the American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal for Fiction. Conlin, Grace: -Grace Conlin (1962-1997) was the recording name of Grainne Cassidy, an award-winning actress and acclaimed narrator. She was a member of the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in Washington, DC, and won a Helen Hayes Award in 1988 for her role in Woolly Mammoth's production of Savage in Limbo. |