In the title story, a scientist’s satirical book is taken as gospel by his readers. In “Expiation” a charity-minded author convinces a bishop to denounce her work. In “The Lady’s Maid’s Bell, ” a servant is haunted by her late predecessor. This 1904 collection also includes “The Mission of Jane, ” “The Quicksand, ” “A Venetian Night’s Entertainment, ” and more.
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Edith Wharton (1862–1937) was an acclaimed chronicler and keen observer of privileged society, novelist, and short story writer. Her novel The Age of Innocence made her the first female Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction in 1921. She is the also the author of The House of Mirth and Ethan Frome.
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