"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."
Two women in Rome, harbouring a resentment over something that seems shallow at first and then, little by little, it becomes spoken and plain, and terrifying. I didn’t know what I was getting into, with this collection of short stories, and it was the titular...
“A Bottle of Perrier” is a short suspense story by Edith Wharton, first published in 1926 in The Saturday Evening Post under the title “A Bottle of Evian.” It was later collected in Certain People (1930). The title was changed because of commercial concerns surrounding...
Fourth and last part of a ghost story by Edith Wharton, included in her collection Here and Beyond from 1926. And with this, our Advent Calendar comes at an end! First part here. Second part here. Third part here. The next day Bosworth’s sister Loretta, who...
Third part of a ghost story by Edith Wharton, included in her collection Here and Beyond from 1926. First part here. Second part here. They thought that Brand wanted to be left to himself, and to give him time to unhitch his horse they made a...
Second part of a ghost story by Edith Wharton, included in her collection Here and Beyond from 1926. First part here. As he came in he faced the light from the north window, and Bosworth’s first thought was that he looked like a drowned man fished...
Edith Wharton (January 24, 1862 – August 11, 1937) was an American novelist and designer, celebrated for her insightful portrayals of the upper-class society of her time. Born Edith Newbold Jones in New York, she grew up in a wealthy family that provided her with...
