Litreading - Classic Short Stories

We are complex creatures and grow more so with time. Every relationship adds or subtracts from who we are. No relationship is more life changing than marriage and for a woman thrice married in pre-suffrage America the stigma of mutual divorce seems insurmountable until her third husband’s comes to a startling revelation.Best known for her novels, Edith Wharton was a prolific writer of short stories. Growing up among New York’s upper class, she created realistic portrayals of America’s Gilded Age pseudo aristocracy. In 1921, she became the the first woman to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Literature for her book, The Age of Innocence. Love hearing these classic tales?Get access to the complete, ad-free Litreading archive—by subscribing at litreading.supercast.com.For just a few cents a day, you’ll unlock every story I’ve ever read, hear new episodes first, and support this little literary labor of love.That’s litreading.supercast.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.