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"Loyal saints or devious rascals": domestic servants in Edith Wharton's stories "The Lady's Maid's Bell" and "All Souls'". (Articles).(Critical Essay)

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From: Studies in Short Fiction
Date: 19990922
Author:Inness, Sherrie A.

Critic Andrew Levy points out the importance of the indoors for Wharton: "Indoor metaphors were a leitmotif in her letters, essays, and fiction, and her books on garden architecture and home decor were among her most gratifying labors" (58). Considering the importance of interior spaces for Wharton, it is hardly surprising that she spent a great deal of time in her fiction discussing one aspect of interiors that was omnipresent for a wealthy woman at the turn of the century: domestic servants. They appear in numerous of Wharton's stories, including "Afterward," "The Day of the ...

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