The Touchstone
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About The Touchstone The Touchstone is a novella by American author Edith Wharton, first published in 1900 in the US. ' In the retrospective light shed by the letters he was blinded to their specific... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1534954678
ISBN13:9781534954670
Release Date:June 2016
Publisher:Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Length:84 Pages
Weight:0.27 lbs.
Dimensions:0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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Surprisingly Contemporary - 100 years ahead of its time
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
Because I am adapting this novella for Warner Bros as a feature film, I'm interested in hearing what readers have to say about it. This is Wharton's first novella, written at a time when she was still developing her craft as a writer; the story can appear woefully underwritten. Still, the story is mesmerizing and dangerous, a Faustian tale of betrayal, greed and the consequences paid, and the more often I read through it, the more hidden meanings emerge. When you read it, think of the lover who sold Princess Diana's first secrets of their affair to the tabloids, and the consequences since. What ever happened to that man? Perhaps, like Stephen Glennard in "The Touchstone", he has gone mad from guilt, which, ironically enough, might prove he has a conscious after all.
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