The Collected Stories

Combining two volumes of Wharton’s short stories in a brand new edition, this outstanding selection is the most comprehensive available. Although Edith Wharton is best known for her novels The Age of Innocence and The House of Mirth, this extensive collection of her short fiction shows her to be a master of all its varieties. Wharton’s stories … owe their enduring power to portray the emotional consequences of life in a rarefied world.”—The New York Times

The Pelican —
The Other Two —
The Mission of Jane —
The Reckoning —
The Last Asset —
The Letters —
Autres Temps … —
The Long Run —
After Holbein —
Atrophy —
Pomegranate Seed —
Her Son —
Charm Incorporated —
All Souls’ —
The Lamp of Psyche —
A Journey —
The Line of Least Resistance —
The Moving Finger —
Expiation —
Les Metteurs en Scene —
Full Circle —
The Daunt Diana —
Afterward —
The Bolted Door —
The Temperate Zone —
Diagnosis —
The Day of the Funeral —
Confession —