ROMAN FEVER AND OTHER STORIES

WHARTON, Edith. ROMAN FEVER AND OTHER STORIES. New York: Scribner's Sons, 1970. 8vo. Illustrated wrappers. 238 pages. A collection of beautifully written stories set in Italy, France and America, and they are powerful portraits of women who live in "The world of propriety" the turn of the century. They tell of the emotions women feel in love, in jealously, when they long for children or seek independence - and when their passions lead them to overstep the bounds laid down by exacting conventions. Good.