The Touchstone
FictionMarried peopleWomen novelistsRejection (Psychology)Triangles (Interpersonal relations), fiction
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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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FictionMarried peopleWomen novelistsRejection (Psychology)Triangles (Interpersonal relations), fictionLove-letters
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Edith Wharton
24 January 1862 – 11 August 1937
Edith Wharton was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, short story writer and designer. *The Age of Innocence* (1920) won the 1921 Pulitzer Prize for literature, making her the first woman to win the award. She spoke fluent French as well as several other languages and many of her books were published in both French and English. ([Source][1]) [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Wharton
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