Synopses & Reviews
One might not expect a woman of Edith Wharton's literary stature to be a believer of ghost stories, much less be frightened by them, but as she admits in her postscript to this spine-tingling collection, "...till I was twenty-seven or -eight, I could not sleep in the room with a book containing a ghost story." Once her fear was overcome, however, she took to writing tales of the supernatural for publication in the magazines of the day. These eleven finely wrought pieces showcase her mastery of the traditional New England ghost story and her fascination with spirits, hauntings, and other supernatural phenomena. Called "flawlessly eerie" by andlt;Iandgt;Ms.andlt;/Iandgt; magazine, this collection includes "Pomegranate Seed," "The Eyes," "All Souls'," "The Looking Glass," and "The Triumph of Night."
About the Author
andlt;b andgt;Edith Whartonandlt;/bandgt; was the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize, for andlt;i andgt;The Age of Innocenceandlt;/iandgt;. Born in 1862 into one of New York's older and richer families, she was educated here and abroad. Her works include andlt;i andgt;Ethan Fromeandlt;/iandgt;, andlt;i andgt;The Reefandlt;/iandgt;,andlt;i andgt; The Custom of the Countryandlt;/iandgt;, andlt;i andgt;The Glimpses of the Moonandlt;/iandgt;, and andlt;i andgt;Roman Fever and Other Storiesandlt;/iandgt;. As a keen observer and chronicler of society, she is without peer. Edith Wharton died in France in 1937.
Table of Contents
andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Bandgt;Contentsandlt;/Bandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Iandgt;Prefaceandlt;/Iandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;The Lady's Maid's Bellandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;The Eyesandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Afterwardandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Kerfolandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;The Triumph of Nightandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Miss Mary Paskandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Bewitchedandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Mr. Jonesandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Pomegranate Seedandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;The Looking Glassandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;All Souls'andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Iandgt;An Autobiographical Postscriptandlt;/Iandgt;