Wharton's House of Mirth (1905) brilliantly depicts the ruthless and destructive nature of New York society.
A Backward Glance is Wharton's autobiography, published in 1934, three years before her death.
The Collected Short Stories of Edith Wharton (1991), introduced and edited by Wharton's biographer R. W. B. Lewis, presents her finest works of short fiction.
Ellen Glasgow's short story, "The Difference" (1923), shows one woman's reaction to finding out about her husband's unfaithfulness.
Daisy Miller (1878) by Henry James.....
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