The Touchstone
by Edith Wharton
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Read in April, 2008
ace intro by the incomparable salley vickers. almost as good as the novel itself.
feckless chap can't marry classy lady because he has no money. *But* once upon a time he was loved by a lady he didnt love back. she went on to be mega famous writer and he has hundreds of her plaintive letters.
he sells them thru a go-between so no one knows it was him she loved (not even his beloved). they sell to the publishers for a goodly sum and then they sell en masse to the public. he can marry his love....more
feckless chap can't marry classy lady because he has no money. *But* once upon a time he was loved by a lady he didnt love back. she went on to be mega famous writer and he has hundreds of her plaintive letters.
he sells them thru a go-between so no one knows it was him she loved (not even his beloved). they sell to the publishers for a goodly sum and then they sell en masse to the public. he can marry his love....more
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Read in September, 2007
Update: I am a moron. I located the Melville House cover image. But everything that I said about my adoration of them still stands!
The image of the edition I read was not available online, but it was from Melville House's "Art of the Novella" series. Melville House is one of my fave small presses, all these editions make make me drool (designwise), and the titles in the series are all outstanding. I talked to one of their editors at the Brooklyn Book Festival and was psyched t...more
The image of the edition I read was not available online, but it was from Melville House's "Art of the Novella" series. Melville House is one of my fave small presses, all these editions make make me drool (designwise), and the titles in the series are all outstanding. I talked to one of their editors at the Brooklyn Book Festival and was psyched t...more
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This beautifully packaged series of classic novellas includes the works of Anton Chekhov, Colette, Henry James, Herman Melville, and Leo Tolstoy. These collectible editions are the first single-volume publications of these classic tales, offering a closer look at this underappreciated literary form and providing a fresh take on the world's most celebrated authors.
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Read in June, 2008
the big take-away from the touchstone is to see wharton on a smaller scale. the characters are all just as desperate as ever to hide their mortifying, and reputation-destroying, past.
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Has a copy to sell/swap
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Read in July, 2007
recommends it for:
Edith Wharton junkies
