The Old Maid and Other Stories

American writer and poet, Pulitzer Prize laureate Edith Wharton, besides her famous novels, also became renowned as the author of more than seventy stories, novellas, and essays. Selected from them are presented in this collection, showcasing Edith Wharton’s mastery not only in the genre of realistic prose, but also in the analysis of elements of emotional subtlety, moral ambiguities, and the consequences of social constraints.