The Muse's Tragedy and Other Stories Author:Edith Wharton, Candace Waid (Editor) Best known for her sharply witty novels of manners, Edith Wharton was also a master of the short story. These twenty stories, written between 1899 and 1914 and collected in one volume for the first time, vividly dramatize the topics and issues that compelled Wharton throughout her career: both comedies of manners and social tragedies, they refle... more »ct on marriage, money and virtue; romantic delusion and integrity; and the crossroads between life and death, and life and art. Also included are some of Wharton's finest ghost stories. Interlacing brilliant satire with penetrating social vision, these stories from the first half of Wharton's career display the full range of her originality and genius. Edited and with an introduction by Candace Waid.« less