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"Glancing by chance at an advertisement in the Spectator, Stephen Glennard perceives a way to escape the downward spiral his career has taken, begin a new life for himself, and win the hand of the beautiful Alexa Trent. It would seem he has one highly sought-after possession: the letters written to him by the eminent and now deceased author, Margaret Aubyn. All he need do is silence his uneasy conscience and sell the letters for publication." "As the publicity frenzy around its publication heightens, the Aubyn Letters becomes the latest hot topic among the glamorous and money-driven society that Glennard's wealth now gives him entree to. And the source of greatest fascination is the identity of the man whom Aubyn so adored by who has betrayed her so irrevocably. Glennard, resolute in his silence, can only watch in dismay as, from the grave, Aubyn begins to exert a powerful and unmistakable influence over him."--Jacket.
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Fiction, Married people, Women novelists, Rejection (Psychology), Triangles (Interpersonal relations), fiction, Love-letters, Women authors, Man-woman relationships, fiction, Marriage, fiction, Fiction, psychological, Authors, fiction, Married people, fiction, American fiction (fictional works by one author), American literature, Triangles (Interpersonal relations)Edition | Availability |
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The Touchstone
Aug 17, 2019, Independently published, Independently Published
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The Touchstone
Apr 26, 2018, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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The Touchstone: Library Edition
November 2007, Blackstone Audiobooks
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The Touchstone: Library Edition
November 2007, Blackstone Audiobooks
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The Touchstone (Hesperus Classics)
November 1, 2003, Hesperus Press
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The Touchstone: Library Edition
January 2000, Blackstone Audiobooks
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Gift from the Grave (formerly published as The Touchstone), A
Publish date unknown, Classic Publishers
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Touchstone, The (republished as A Gift from the Grave)
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Book Details
First Sentence
"Professor Joslin, who, as our readers are doubtless aware, is engaged in writing the life of Mrs. Aubyn, asks us to state that he will be greatly indebted to any of the famous novelist's friends who will furnish him with information concerning the period previous to her coming to England."
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Stephen Glennard is in desperate need of money; his career is in ruins and he wants to marry his beautiful fiancee. He unearths the passionate love-letters written to him by the famous, now-deceased author Margaret Aubyn, and sells them, erasing only his name. He makes a fortune from the betrayal and begins his marriage from it.The Touchstone was Edith Wharton's first published novella.
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