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The Touchstone by Edith Wharton · Booklabria

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Man-woman relationshipsMarriage

The Touchstone

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First published: 1900
Language: English
Editions: 46

Synopsis

Stephen Glennard is in desperate need of money; his career is in ruins and he wants to marry his beautiful fiancee. He unearths the passionate love-letters written to him by the famous, now-deceased author Margaret Aubyn, and sells them, erasing only his name. He makes a fortune from the betrayal and begins his marriage from it.The Touchstone was Edith Wharton's first published novella.

Subjects: Man-woman relationships
Marriage
Psychological
Married people
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