<ul> <li>This edition includes the following editor&#39;s introduction:<i> </i><i>Edith Wharton, the feminism of a Pulitzer Prize winner</i></li></ul><br />Originally published in 1916, &ldquo;Bunner Sisters&rdquo; is a novella by American author Edith Wharton. Inexplicably, this work has had a long history of being overlooked. Rejected twice by <i>Scribner&rsquo;s</i> because of its length and its &lsquo;<i>being unsuitable to serial publication</i>&rsquo;, it was eventually published in the collection &ldquo;<i>Xingu and Other Stories</i>&rdquo; and is now considered an essential work of American literature.<br /><br />&quot;Bunner Sisters&quot; takes place in a shabby neighbourhood in New York City. The two <i>Bunner sisters</i>, Ann Eliza the elder, and Evelina the younger, keep a small shop selling artificial flowers and small handsewn articles to Stuyvesant Square&#39;s female population.<br />Ann Eliza gives Evelina a clock for her birthday. The purchase introduces them to the clockmaker, Mr. Ramy, and sets them on a course that will change their lives forever.