These short works display Wharton's talent as a satirist "skilled at dissecting the elements of emotional subtleties, moral ambiguities, and the implications of social constrictions" (Cythina Griffin Wolfe, from the Introduction). Roman fever (1934) Xingu (1911) The other two (1904) Souls belated (1899) The angel at the grave (1901) The last asset (1904) After Holbein (1928) Autres temps (1911)