Seven stories from 1908: the title fable of a hermit in a cave below a walled Italian town and the runaway nun who disturbs his peace, and then a run of modern tales of art and money. They include “The Verdict,” about a fashionable painter who stops painting, “The Last Asset,” “The Pot-Boiler” and “The Best Man.”
Wharton at the height of her powers as a short-story writer, for readers of The House of Mirth. Download the free EPUB.