The Eyes and Other Ghost Stories gathers eight of Edith Wharton’s most iconic supernatural tales: “The Lady’s Maid’s Bell,” “The Eyes,” “Afterward,” “The Triumph of Night,” “Kerfol,” “Miss Mary Pask,” “Bewitched,” and “Mr. Jones.” The collection offers a compelling fusion of subtle psychological terror, atmospheric setting, and incisive social commentary, which account for Wharton’s significant place within the American Gothic tradition. These masterfully curated stories are celebrated for their elegant crafting, eerie ambiguity, and exploration of power, alienation, and the supernatural. These qualities and Wharton’s pure writing prowess make her ghost stories enduring classics of both psychological and literary horror. This Warbler Classics edition includes an extensive, detailed biographical timeline. EDITH WHARTON (1862–1937) was an American writer and designer. In 1921 she became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, for her novel The Age of Innocence. Her other highly acclaimed works include The House of Mirth, Ethan Frome, and The Custom of the Country. An adept writer across many genres, in her lifetime Wharton produced eighteen novels, seven novellas, and eighty-five short stories, as well as poetry, books on design, travelogues, literary and cultural criticism, and an autobiography. “A blend of Poe, Hawthorne and Henry James, [Wharton] has a lightness of touch that belies the often very grisly tale.” —The Guardian “It’s this alertness to the terror of being a stranger in one’s own house, in one’s own self, that makes Wharton such a fine and frightening writer of ghost stories.” —The New York Review of Books EDITH WHARTON (1862-1937) was an American writer and designer. In 1921 she became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, for her novel The Age of Innocence. Her other highly acclaimed works include The House of Mirth, Ethan Frome, and The Custom of the Country. An adept writer across many genres, in her lifetime Wharton produced eighteen novels, seven novellas, and eighty-five short stories, as well as poetry, books on design, travelogues, literary and cultural criticism, and an autobiography.