Edith Wharton 
Tales of Men and Ghosts (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) 

Published in 1910, this collection of ten short stories consists of ‘The Bolted Door, ‘ ‘His Father’s Son, ‘ ‘The Daunt Diana, ‘ ‘The Debt, ‘ ‘Full Circle, ‘ ‘The Legend, ‘ ‘The Eyes, ‘ ‘The Blond Beast, ‘ ‘Afterward, ‘ and ‘The Letters.’ Ghost stories on the surface, these pieces also read as beautiful, in-depth character studies.

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Edith Wharton (1862–1937) was an acclaimed chronicler and keen observer of privileged society, novelist, and short story writer. Her novel The Age of Innocence made her the first female Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction in 1921. She is the also the author of The House of Mirth and Ethan Frome.