1847497934 
Paperback The touchstone / Edith Wharton.
Publication year: 2019
Format: Paperback
Publisher: London : Alma Classics,
Resource type: Physical
ISBN: 9781847497932 1847497934
Notes:
Formerly CIP.
Stephen builds a new life from the proceeds of a shameful act, in this classic Wharton depiction of nineteenth century New York. Stephen Glennard is in desperate need of money. So when he becomes aware of the potential value of a series of passionate love letters written to him by the recently deceased author Margaret Aubyn, he sells them and marries the beautiful Alexa Trent. However, his shame and guilt at building a new life on the betrayal of another's love slowly begins to eat away at him, and Margaret's memory has a power that can reach him from beyond the grave. The first of Edith Wharton's works depicting life in "old New York", The Touchstone is an acutely observed novella , and an exploration of the tension between self-serving opportunism and the desire to live a moral life.
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104 pages ; 20 cm
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