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Tales of Men and Ghosts by Edith Wharton

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Tales of Men and Ghosts
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Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
ISBN/ASIN: 1426418493
Number of pages: 457

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The psychological horror is as important as the literal one here, and subtle ambiguities characterized by the best of Henry James's work (such as 'The Turn of the Screw') are also present in Wharton's character studies, such as 'The Bolted Door'. Is the protagonist a murderer, or is he mad?...

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