Stories of New York is a collection of five short stories by noted American authors of the late 19th century, published in 1893, which features the first work by Edith Wharton to appear in a bound book. All stories had been previously published in Scribner’s Magazine.
The stories are all set in New York City and concern themselves with various facets of life in Gilded Age New York City—from the highest of high society to the commonest pensioner in less fashionable neighborhoods in boarding houses. The stories are about manners and mores; about the people of various strata of society relating to each other and the world around them.
“Mrs. Manstey’s View” by Edith Wharton
“A Puritan Ingenue” by John S. Wood
“The End of the Beginning” by George A Hibbard
“The Commonest Possible Story” by Bliss Perry
“From Four to Six: A Comedietta” by Annie Eliot
Edith Wharton, John S. Wood, George A. Hibbard, Bliss Perry, Annie Eliot, various authors
Edith Wharton (1862–1937) is the author of several novels, including The Age of Innocence and Old New York, both of which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. She was the first woman to receive that honor. In 1929 she was awarded the American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal for Fiction. She was born in New York and is best known for her stories of life among the upper-class society into which she was born. She was educated privately at home and in Europe. In 1894 she began writing fiction, and her novel The House of Mirth established her as a leading writer.View all by Edith Wharton, John S. Wood, George A. Hibbard, Bliss Perry, Annie Eliot, various authors
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