![]() ![]() There are supernatural things that happen that can't really be explained. The stories are dark and the last 3 in the collection are 'ghost stories', although they don't necessarily contain ghosts. ![]() Turns a phrase, which sounds somewhat like British English in places). As with the novel I read by Wharton, the writing is clear and although it is over 100 years old, I find the language fairly contemporary (although not the way she ![]() Still, there are things to be gleaned from the writing itself. Since this isĪn edited collection, and the stories were not written to be published together as a book, is it different than most of the other short story collections I have written about in these posts. The stories were written between 18 (Wharton's death). The book contains an introduction by the editor to contextualize the work and each story has a short introduction. This is a collection of short stories by Edith Wharton written about places in New England (fictional, but based on her experiences living in small towns there). ![]()
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