The Greater Inclination

1899 Collection of Short Fiction by Edith Wharton

The Greater Inclination was the earliest collection of short fiction by Edith Wharton. Published by Charles Scribner's Sons on 25 March 1899, the first printing of 1,250 sold out by June 1899. The collection consisted of eight works: seven short stories, and one short play in two acts.

Stories

  • "The Muse's Tragedy" (Scribner's Magazine, January 1899)
  • "A Journey"
  • "The Pelican"
  • "Souls Belated"
  • "A Coward"
  • "The Twilight of the God"
  • "A Cup of Cold Water"
  • "The Portrait"

References

External links

  • The Greater Inclination at Faded Page (Canada)
  • The Edith Wharton Society
  • The Greater Inclination public domain audiobook at LibriVox
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Edith Wharton
Novels
Novellas
and novelette
  • The Touchstone (1900)
  • Ethan Frome (1911)
  • Bunner Sisters (1916)
  • Old New York (1924)
Short story
collections
  • The Greater Inclination (1899)
  • Crucial Instances (1901)
Non-fiction
As editorAdaptations
Film
  • The House of Mirth (1918)
  • The Glimpses of the Moon (1923)
  • The Age of Innocence (1924)
  • The Marriage Playground (1929)
  • The Age of Innocence (1934)
  • Strange Wives (1934)
  • The Old Maid (1939)
  • The Children (1990)
  • Ethan Frome (1993)
  • The Age of Innocence (1993)
  • The Reef (1999)
  • The House of Mirth (2000)
Television
  • The House of Mirth (1981)
  • The Buccaneers (1995)
  • The Buccaneers (2023)
Related
  • The Mount (Lenox, Massachusetts)


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