Crucial Instances

Crucial Instances

Crucial Instances is Edith Wharton's classic 1901 short story collection.

Contents

The book contains a collection of seven stories, including:

External links

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Novels
Short story collections
  • The Greater Inclination (1899)
  • Crucial Instances (1901)
  • The Descent of Man and Other Stories (1903)
  • The Other Two (1904)
  • The Hermit and the Wild Woman and Other Stories (1908)
  • Tales of Men and Ghosts (1910)
  • Xingu and Other Stories (1916)
  • Here and Beyond (1926)
  • Certain People (1930)
  • Human Nature (1933)
  • The World Over (1936)
  • Ghosts (1937)

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