The Touchstone
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For the jazz album, see The Touchstone (album).
The Touchstone is a novella by American writer Edith Wharton. Written in 1900, it was the first of her many stories describing life in old New York.
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Author | Edith Wharton |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Publisher | Charles Scribner's Sons |
Publication date | 1900 |
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Stephen Glennard, the novella's protagonist, is suddenly impoverished and unable to marry the woman he loves. He sells the private letters a former admirer had written to him, before she had become a famous author. He is later overcome by guilt for betraying one who had loved him.