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Jealous husbands, spinsters who have wasted away their lives, and bored ladies infatuated with money and aspirations populate these stories that range from moral drama to satire. New york city, noted for her subtle, ironic, and superbly crafted fictional studies of new york society at the turn of the 20th cent. Feb 10, 2016 please thumbs up if you like this video. I read edith whartons xingu with a group of women who call themselves the enchanted. Xingu and other stories edith wharton charles scribners sons, october 1916, 436 pg. Short stories by edith wharton download ebook pdf, epub. The wharton salon performs adaptations of the stories of edith wharton.
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