The muse's tragedy and other stories

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The muse's tragedy and other stories

Edith Wharton ; edited with an introduction by Candace Waid

(Penguin books, Fiction)(Penguin twentieth-century classics)

Penguin, 1992

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Note

"First published in the USA by Signet Classics, an imprint of New American Library, a division of Penguin Books USA Inc., 1990."--T.p. verso

Bibliography: p. 459-461

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Contains 20 short stories which dramatize the topics that compelled Wharton throughout her career - both comedies of manners and social tragedies, they reflect on marriage, money, romantic delusion, integrity and the crossroads between life, death and art. Also includes ghost stories.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA21250804
  • ISBN
    • 0140186204
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    461 p.
  • Size
    20 cm
  • Classification
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