num_pages: 124
description: The Touchstone was Edith Wharton's first published novella, and it's spare, perhaps even underwritten. Even so, this Faustian tale of a man who stoops to publish love letters for money has mesmerizing, even dangerous qualities -- it has betrayals, greed, and consequences hidden meanings emerge in places where we do not expect to find them. Perhaps, like Stephen Glennard in The Touchstone, we will go mad with guilt, proving we do after all have a conscience. . . .
language: English
title: The Touchstone by Edith Wharton, Fiction, Literary, Classics
titlecomplete: The Touchstone by Edith Wharton, Fiction, Literary, Classics
characters: Barton Flamel, Alexa Trent, Stephen Glennard
genres: 20th Century, Literature, American, Classics, 19th Century, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Short Stories, The United States Of America, Novella
ratings_count: 1422
places: New York City, New York
publisher: Alan Rodgers Books