Described by literary critic Robert Morss Lovett as 'a novelist of civilization, absorbed in the somewhat mechanical operations of culture, preoccupied with the upper ('and inner') class,' Edith Wharton also wrote superbly crafted tales of love and marriage, divorce and other topics. Thiscollection includes sevenof them:"Souls Belated," "The Pelican," "The Muse's Tragedy," "Expiation," "The Dilettante," "Xingu," and "The Other Two."
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