The Greater Inclination (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

by Edith Wharton

Overview

Wharton’s first (1899) published collection of short stories ranges from light humor, social commentary, deception, and travel, to the darkly Gothic. Includes “The Muse's Tragedy,” “A Journey,” “The Pelican,” “Souls Belated,” “A Coward,” “A Cup of Cold Water,” “The Portrait,” and a short play, “The Twilight of the Gods.”

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781411435391
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble
Publication date:	03/22/2011
Series:	Barnes & Noble Digital Library
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	384
File size:	226 KB
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

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.

Date of Birth:

January 24, 1862

Date of Death:

August 11, 1937

Place of Birth:

New York, New York

Place of Death:

Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt, France

Education:

Educated privately in New York and Europe