Certain People (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781717393852)

A collection of six short stories. The book starts with Atrophy, a neat study of near desperation in tight social surroundings as Nora Frenway bravely seeks to visit her gravely ill lover Christopher only to come up against the polite rebuff presented by his domineering sister Jane Aldiss. The final story, Mr. Jones, references Poe's The Purloined Letter, using a variation of the central epistolary device while also managing to slip in aspects of Poe's own life history, in particular his marriage to the his young first cousin.

Author: Edith Wharton
ISBN-10: 1717393853
ISBN-13: 9781717393852
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 05/05/2018
Pages: 172
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.37d