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The Touchstone (The Art of the Novella) (Paperback)

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  • Paperback: 124 pages
  • Publisher: The Art of the Novella (September 1, 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 097460786X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0974607863
  • Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 5 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 5 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,624,602 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly Contemporary - 100 years ahead of its time, September 3, 1998
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Because I am adapting this novella for Warner Bros as a feature film, I'm interested in hearing what readers have to say about it. This is Wharton's first novella, written at a time when she was still developing her craft as a writer; the story can appear woefully underwritten. Still, the story is mesmerizing and dangerous, a Faustian tale of betrayal, greed and the consequences paid, and the more often I read through it, the more hidden meanings emerge. When you read it, think of the lover who sold Princess Diana's first secrets of their affair to the tabloids, and the consequences since. What ever happened to that man? Perhaps, like Stephen Glennard in "The Touchstone", he has gone mad from guilt, which, ironically enough, might prove he has a conscious after all.
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