The Touchstone by Edith Wharton
"The Touchstone" by Edith Wharton is a novella published in 1900. Stephen Glennard faces financial ruin and cannot afford to marry the woman he loves. In desperation, he sells intimate letters written to him by Margaret Aubyn, a now-deceased famous author who once pursued him. The sale brings wealth and marriage, but mounting guilt over his betrayal threatens to destroy everything he has gained through this act of treachery. (This is an
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| Author | Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937 |
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| Title | The Touchstone |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Touchstone_(novella) |
| Credits | Produced by Judith Boss, and David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 71.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Psychological fiction |
| Subject | Rejection (Psychology) -- Fiction |
| Subject | Married people -- Fiction |
| Subject | Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction |
| Subject | Women novelists -- Fiction |
| Subject | Love-letters -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 267 |
| Release Date | May 1, 1995 |
| Most Recently Updated | Feb 26, 2021 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 483 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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