Touchstone

Stephen Glennard is in desperate need of money. So when he becomes aware of the potential value of a series of passionate love letters written to him by the recently deceased author Margaret Aubyn, he sells them and marries the beautiful Alexa Trent. However, his shame and guilt at building a new life on the betrayal of another's love slowly begins to eat away at him, and Margaret's memory has a power that can reach him from beyond the grave.

The first of Edith Wharton's works depicting life in "old New York", The Touchstone is an acutely observed novella , and an exploration of the tension between self-serving opportunism and the desire to live a moral life.

Stephen Glennard are nevoie disperata de bani. Asadar, atunci cand devine constient de valoarea potentiala a unei serii de scrisori de dragoste pasionate scrise de autorul recent decedat Margaret Aubyn, le vinde si se casatoreste cu frumoasa Alexa Trent.