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Short Stories

Edith Wharton
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Year
2022
Language
English
Publisher
DigiCat

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"The Pretext" is a sad, bitter-sweet story of a middle-aged woman Margaret Ransom. The writer wonderfully describes her lost hopes and unfulfilled dreams as she gets caught up in a doomed romantic fling with a younger man.

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