The Touchstone
by Edith Wharton
"Touchstone" was Edith Wharton's first published story, and perhaps unwritten, is a backup. Despite this, this Faust story about a man who bent on publishing love letters for money has fascinating, even dangerous qualities - in it there are betrayals, greed and consequences: hidden meanings appear in places where we did not expect to find them. Perhaps, like Stephen Glennard at Touchstone, we will go crazy with guilt, proving that we still have a conscience.
