Showing posts with label Edith Wharton. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Edith Wharton. Show all posts

Sunday, 26 July 2020

MISLEADING BOOK TITLES

'So few books fulfill the promise of their titles that experienced readers never expect the fare to come up to the menu.'
Edith Wharton, 'Expiation' in The New York Stories of Edith Wharton, p.195.