The Hermit and the Wild Woman, and Other Stories

New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1908. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Second printing (wove, not laid, paper). Lacks scarce jacket. A couple minor blemishes to boards. 1908 Hard Cover. 279 pp. A collection of six classic short stories from Edith Wharton, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Age of Innocence. Includes "The Last Asset," "In Trust," "The Pretext, "The Verdict," "The Pot-Boiler," and "The Best Man." In the title story, "The Hermit and the Wild Woman," the reader learns that the "hermit," as a young boy, witnessed the killing of his parents and sister during an attack on his town. As a result of his trauma, he has retreated into isolation until he meets a "wild woman" who comes to live nearby.