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The Hermit and the Wild Woman, and Other Stories

by Edith Wharton


The Hermit and the Wild Woman, and Other Stories is a collection of American short stories written by Edith Wharton, who was an American novelist, short story writer, playwright, and designer. Wharton drew upon her insider's knowledge of the upper class New York "aristocracy" to realistically portray the lives and morals of the Gilded Age. In 1921, she was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Literature.

  • I The Hermit and the Wild Woman
  • II The Last Asset
  • III In Trust
  • IV The Pretext
  • V The Verdict
  • VI The Pot-Boiler
  • VII The Best Man

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