The Edith Wharton Reader Author:Edith Wharton, Louis Auchincloss (Editor) Edited with an intro. by Louis Auchincloss. — This collection of EdithWharton's fiction was first published in 1965, and Louis Auchiircloss's introduction and headnotes are out of date. Critics today are unlikely to refer to Mrs. Wharton, to characterize her as a lady with an "almost masculine intelligence"... more » or as a "censor of modern morals," to dismiss all but two novels and a handful of stories as "slick satires" devoid of "lasting interest," or to compare her disparagingly with Willa Cather and Henry James. Nor are they likely to identify Wharton's lifelong friend Walter Berry as the sole model for her heroes--charming but egotistical diletantes, unable to commit themselves to the women--or men--who love them. Instead they are likely to see Wharton's lover Morton Fullerton as deserving a share of that dubious distinction.... --from High Beam Research« less