Author:
Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937.
Imprint:New York : Scribner, [1968]
Description2 v. ; 24 cm.
Note:vol. 1:from THE WRITING OF FICTION (1925) :Telling a short story. -- EARLY UNCOLLECTED STORIES (1891-1896): Mrs. Manstey's view. - The fullness of life. - That good may come. - The lamp of Psyche. - The valley of childish things, and other emblems. -- THE GREATER INCLINATION (1899): The muse's tragedy. - A journey. - The pelican.- Souls belated. - A coward. - The twilight of the god. - A cup of cold water. - The portrait. -- EARLY UNCOLLECTED STORIES (1900): April showers. - Friends. - The line of least resistance. -- CRUCIAL INSTANCES (1901): The duchess at prayer. - The angel at the grave. - The recovery. - Copy. - The Rembrandt. - The moving finger. - The confessional. -- THE DESCENT OF MAN (1904): The descent of man. - The mission of Jane. - The other two. - The quicksand. - The dilettante. - The reckoning. - Expiation. - The lady's maid's bell. - A Venetian night's entertainment. -- UNCOLLECTED STORIES (1904-1908): The letter. - The house of the dead hand. - The itnroducers. - Les metteurs en scène. -- THE HERMIT AND THE WILD WOMAN (1908): The hermit and the wild woman. - The last asset. - In trust. - The pretext. - The verdict. - The potboiler. - The best man.
Note:Vol. 2:TALES OF MEN AND GHOSTS (1910): The bolted door. - His father's son. - The daunt Diana. - The debt. - Full circle. - The legend. - The eyes. - The blond beast. - Afterward. - The letters. -- XINGU(1916): Xingu. - Coming home. - Autres temps. - Kerfol. - The long run. - The triumph of night. - The choice. -- UNCOLLECTED STORY (1919): Writing a war story. -- HERE AND BEYOND (1926): Miss Mary Pask. - The young gentlemen. - Bewitched. - The seed of the faith. - The temperate zone. - Velvet ear pads. -- CERTAIN PEOPLE (1930): Atrophy. - A bottle of Perrier. - After Holbein. - Dieu d'amour. - The refugees. - Mr. Jones. -- HUMAN NATURE (1933): Her son. - The day of the funeral. - A glimpse. - Joy in the house. - Diagnosis. -- THE WORLD OVER (1936): Charm incorporated. - Pomegranate seed. - Permanent wave. - Confession. - Roman fever. - The looking glass. - Duration. -- From GHOSTS (1937): Preface. - All souls'.
