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Certain People

ByEdith Wharton

Originally published in 1930, Certain People is a collection of six short stories. The book starts with Atrophy, a neat study of near desperation in tight social surroundings as Nora Frenway bravely seeks to visit her gravely ill lover Christopher only to come up against the polite rebuff presented by his domineering sister Jane Aldiss. The final story, Mr Jones, references Poe's The Purloined Letter, using a variation of the central epistolary device while also managing to slip in aspects of Poe's own life history, in particular his marriage to the his young first cousin.

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Publication Date
Nov 20, 2013
Language
English
ISBN
9781291637236
Category
Fiction
Copyright
All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
Contributors
By (author): Edith Wharton

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Format
EPUB

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