The Touchstone

Glennard had never thought himself a hero; but he had been certain that he was incapable of baseness. The central character, Stephen Glennard, sells for publication the private letters of a former, deceased lover, who had become a famous writer, so that he can finance his marriage to the girl he loves.

• The letters are a success, and he is able to be married.

• Will he be able to forgive himself?
• The debut novella from one of Americas greatest authors Edith Wharton, first published in 1900.
• It was also published under the title A Gift From The Grave.

But when the guilt becomes unbearable and he confesses his transgression to his new wife, will she be able to forgive him?