7 best short stories by Edith Wharton

By Edith Wharton

Edith Wharton was born to a wealthy New York family and spent her life among artists, politicians and influential people in society. Among the people of his coexistence were Henry James and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Wharton has fluid prose, is an excellent satirist and his horror tales (a lesser known part of his legacy) deserve special attention.

In this work you will find seven specially selected short stories to provide an overview of Edith Wharton's ever-present and eclectic work.


The Triumph of Night
The Pelican
The Fullness Of Life
April Showers
A Journey
Afterward
Xingu

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tacet Books
• Release date: Jan 29, 2019
• ISBN: 9788577770540

Edith Wharton

EDITH WHARTON (1862 - 1937) was a unique and prolific voice in the American literary canon. With her distinct sense of humor and knowledge of New York’s upper-class society, Wharton was best known for novels that detailed the lives of the elite including: The House of Mirth, The Custom of Country, and The Age of Innocence. She was the first woman to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and one of four women whose election to the Academy of Arts and Letters broke the barrier for the next generation of women writers.