num_pages: 124
description: A young man scorns the love of a tortured novelist, only to have her words come back to haunt him from the dead. The Touchstone shows off the skills Wharton became famous for in later novels such as Ethan Frome and House of Mirth, particularly her piercing and delicious talent for satiric observation.
language: English
title: The Touchstone
titlecomplete: The Touchstone
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: Melville House