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Edith Wharton
The Touchstone [EPUB ebook]

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The Touchstone – Edith Wharton – The Touchstone is a novel, written by Edith Wharton in 1905; it was the first of her many stories describing life in old New York.Stephen Glennard, the novels protagonist, is suddenly impoverished and unable to marry the woman he loves. He sells the private letters a former admirer had written to him, before she had become a famous author. He is later overcome by guilt for betraying one who had loved him.

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Edith Wharton (January 24, 1862 August 11, 1937) was an American novelist, short story writer, and designer.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 277 ● ISBN 9783986475505 ● File size 0.7 MB ● Age 17-13 years ● Publisher Phoemixx Classics Ebooks ● City Vachendorf ● Country DE ● Published 2021 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 7948930 ● Copy protection Social DRM

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