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Edith Alston

12 articles 2005–2012

Edith Alston is a writer who contributed cultural criticism and book reviews to The Weekly Standard between 2005 and 2012. Her work for the magazine spanned a range of subjects including literature, music, and the arts.

A Harrowing Tale

January 30, 2012 · Magazine, Edith Alston, Books and Arts

Set amid the historic halls of England’s Harrow School, The White Devil plumbs the literal depths of a shambling student residence known as the Lot to uncover a dank and sinister mystery linking one of the school’s most illustrious alumni, Lord Byron, to a malevolent resident ghost.

Bluegrass Fever

August 17, 2009 · Magazine, Edith Alston, Books and Arts

All the Living

The Collectors

March 23, 2009 · Magazine, Edith Alston, Books and Arts

Pictures at an Exhibition

Identity Theft

July 7, 2008 · Magazine, Edith Alston, Books and Arts

Sheppard Lee

Death in Turin

March 17, 2008 · Magazine, Edith Alston, Books and Arts

The Executor

Family Matters

October 1, 2007 · Magazine, Edith Alston, Books and Arts

A Perfectly Good Family

Washed Ashore

July 23, 2007 · Magazine, Edith Alston, Books and Arts

The Border of Truth

In a Family Way

March 5, 2007 · Magazine, Edith Alston, Books and Arts

So Many Ways to Begin