The Greater Inclination is the first collection of stories short stories by American author, Edith Wharton. Included in the assemblage are "The Muse's Tragedy", "A Journey", "The Pelican", "Souls Belated", "A Coward", "The Twilight of the God", "A Cup of Cold Water" and "The Portrait". - AsNotedIn
I felt like some homeless waif who, after trying for years to take out naturalization papers, and being rejected by every country, has finally acquired a nationality. The Land of Letters was henceforth to be my country, and I gloried in my new citizenship. The publishing of The Greater Inclination broke the chains which had held me so long in a kind or torpor. For nearly twelve years I had tried to adjust myself to the life I had led since my marriage....
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| 1899/03/25 | Edith Wharton | Author | "The Greater Inclination", a collection of short stories by Edith Wharton, is published by Charles Scribner's Sons. It will received strong reviews and sell a respectable 3,000 copies. | ||||
| 1899/03/25 | Charles Scribner's Sons | Publisher | "The Greater Inclination", a collection of short stories by Edith Wharton, is published by Charles Scribner's Sons. It will received strong reviews and sell a respectable 3,000 copies. |
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| Art Type | Book | a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers. | |
| Narrative Arts | Fiction | prose literature, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people | |
| Narrative Arts | Narrative | an account of connected events | |
| Narrative Arts | Prose | ordinary written language | |
| Art Type | Short Story Collection | an assembly of unrelated short fiction narratives | |
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| Original Language: | English | ||
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