"Certain People" is a collection of short stories written by the Pulitzer prize-winning American writer, Edith Wharton. This wonderful compendium of stories would make for a worthy addition to any bookshelf, and it will be of special interest to fans and collectors of Wharton's prolific work. The stories contained herein include: 'Atrophy', 'A Bottle of Perrier', 'After Holbein', 'Dieu D'Amour', 'The Refugees', and 'Mr. Jones'. Edith Wharton (1862 - 1937) was an American writer and designer who won the Pulitzer prize and was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1927, 1928 and 1930. Many antiquarian texts such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality, modern edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned biography of the author.