An edition of The Touchstone (1900)

The Touchstone

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The Touchstone
Edith Wharton
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An edition of The Touchstone (1900)

The Touchstone

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  • ★★★★ ★ 4.5 (2 ratings) ·
  • 5 Want to read
  • 2 Have read

A young lawyer sells a package of love letters written to him over the years by a distinquished novelist to raise money to pay for his wedding to another woman. His secret comes back to haunt him and, when he confesses to his wife, their marriage is reduced to resigned coexistence.

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Fictionwise, Inc.
Language
English

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Subjects

Fiction, Married people, Women novelists, Rejection (Psychology), Triangles (Interpersonal relations), Love-letters, Women authors, Man-woman relationships, Marriage, Fiction, psychological, Authors, fiction, Married people, fiction, American fiction (fictional works by one author), American literature

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Cover of: The Touchstone
The Touchstone
2010-10-15, LibriVox
in English
  • Audiobook
Cover of: The Touchstone
The Touchstone
2008-07-12, Project Gutenberg
in English
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Cover of: The Touchstone
The Touchstone
2004, Fictionwise, Inc.
E-book in English
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Cover of: The Touchstone
The Touchstone
1976, AMS Press
in English
Cover of: A gift from the grave.
A gift from the grave.
1901
Cover of: A Gift from the Grave
A Gift from the Grave
1901, John Murray
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat
Cover of: The touchstone. --
The touchstone. --
1900, Scribner
Cover of: The Touchstone
The Touchstone
1900, Charles Scribner's Sons
in English
Cover of: The touchstone
The touchstone: [a story]
1900, C. Scribner's Sons
Cover of: The Touchstone
The Touchstone
1900, Charles Scribner's Sons
in English
Cover of: A gift from the grave
A gift from the grave
1900, J. Murray
Libraries near you: WorldCat

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OL24286099M
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4390B5C6-8AB7-48F8-9E6E-44157310C00D

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Stephen Glennard is in desperate need of money; his career is in ruins and he wants to marry his beautiful fiancee. He unearths the passionate love-letters written to him by the famous, now-deceased author Margaret Aubyn, and sells them, erasing only his name. He makes a fortune from the betrayal and begins his marriage from it.The Touchstone was Edith Wharton's first published novella.

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October 3, 2012 Edited by VacuumBot Updated format 'eBook' to 'E-book'; Removed author from Edition (author found in Work)
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