A collection of Wharton's short stories set in Italy, France and America, which portray women who live in the world of propriety at the turn of the century. The... » 

A collection of Wharton's short stories set in Italy, France and America, which portray women who live in the world of propriety at the turn of the century. They show the emotions the women feel when in love, in jealousy, when they long for children or independence, or to escape convention. «