Edith Wharton was born into a distinguished New York family and was educated privately in the United States and abroad. Among her best-known work is Ethan Frome, which is considered her greatest tragic story, The House of Mirth, and The Age of Innocence, for which she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize.
Genres: Literary Fiction
Series
Old New York
1. False Dawn (1924)
2. The Old Maid (1924)
3. The Spark (1924)
4. New Year's Day (1924)
1. False Dawn (1924)
2. The Old Maid (1924)
3. The Spark (1924)
4. New Year's Day (1924)
Novels
The Touchstone (1900)
Crucial Instances (1901)
The Valley of Decision (1902)
Sanctuary (1903)
The House of Mirth (1905)
The Fruit of the Tree (1907)
Madame de Treymes (1907)
Ethan Frome (1911)
The Reef (1912)
The Custom of the Country (1913)
Summer (1917)
The Marne (1918)
The Age of Innocence (1920)
The Glimpses of The Moon (1922)
A Son At The Front (1923)
The Mother's Recompense (1925)
Twilight Sleep (1927)
The Children (1928)
aka The Marriage Playground
Hudson River Bracketed (1929)
Certain People (1930)
The Gods Arrive (1932)
Human Nature (1933)
The Buccaneers (1938) (with Marion Mainwaring)
Crucial Instances (1901)
The Valley of Decision (1902)
Sanctuary (1903)
The House of Mirth (1905)
The Fruit of the Tree (1907)
Madame de Treymes (1907)
Ethan Frome (1911)
The Reef (1912)
The Custom of the Country (1913)
Summer (1917)
The Marne (1918)
The Age of Innocence (1920)
The Glimpses of The Moon (1922)
A Son At The Front (1923)
The Mother's Recompense (1925)
Twilight Sleep (1927)
The Children (1928)
aka The Marriage Playground
Hudson River Bracketed (1929)
Certain People (1930)
The Gods Arrive (1932)
Human Nature (1933)
The Buccaneers (1938) (with Marion Mainwaring)
Omnibus
Collections
Verses (poems) (1878)
The Greater Inclination (1899)
The Descent of Man (1904)
The Hermit and the Wild Woman (1908)
Artemis to Actaeon (poems) (1909)
Tales of Men and Ghosts (1910)
The Book of the Homeless (1916)
Xingu (1916)
Here and Beyond (1926)
Twelve Poems (poems) (1926)
The World Over (1936)
Ghosts (1937)
Eternal Passion in English Poetry (1939)
The Collected Short Stories (1968)
Roman Fever (1970)
Madame de Treymes and The Others (1973)
The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton (1973)
The Stories of Edith Wharton Vol One (1988)
The Stories of Edith Wharton Vol Two (1989)
The Muse's Tragedy (1990)
Novellas and Other Writings (1990)
Three Complete Works of Love, Morals, and Manners (1996)
The Ghost-Feeler (1996)
Collected Stories 1911 - 1937 (2001)
Wharton - Collected Stories 1891 - 1910 (2001)
Edith Wharton: Vol 1. Collected Stories:1891-1910 (Library of America ) (2001)
Edith Wharton: Vol.2 Collected Stories 1911-1937 (Library of America ) (2001)
Ethan Frome and Selected Stories (2004)
The Best Short Stories of Edith Wharton (2004)
Selected Poems of Edith Wharton (poems) (2019)
Ghosts: Stories (2021)
The Greater Inclination (1899)
The Descent of Man (1904)
The Hermit and the Wild Woman (1908)
Artemis to Actaeon (poems) (1909)
Tales of Men and Ghosts (1910)
The Book of the Homeless (1916)
Xingu (1916)
Here and Beyond (1926)
Twelve Poems (poems) (1926)
The World Over (1936)
Ghosts (1937)
Eternal Passion in English Poetry (1939)
The Collected Short Stories (1968)
Roman Fever (1970)
Madame de Treymes and The Others (1973)
The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton (1973)
The Stories of Edith Wharton Vol One (1988)
The Stories of Edith Wharton Vol Two (1989)
The Muse's Tragedy (1990)
Novellas and Other Writings (1990)
Three Complete Works of Love, Morals, and Manners (1996)
The Ghost-Feeler (1996)
Collected Stories 1911 - 1937 (2001)
Wharton - Collected Stories 1891 - 1910 (2001)
Edith Wharton: Vol 1. Collected Stories:1891-1910 (Library of America ) (2001)
Edith Wharton: Vol.2 Collected Stories 1911-1937 (Library of America ) (2001)
Ethan Frome and Selected Stories (2004)
The Best Short Stories of Edith Wharton (2004)
Selected Poems of Edith Wharton (poems) (2019)
Ghosts: Stories (2021)
Novellas
Fast and Loose (1877)
Afterward (1909)
The Triumph of Night (1914)
Kerfol (1916)
Bewitched (1925)
Mr Jones (1928)
Afterward (1909)
The Triumph of Night (1914)
Kerfol (1916)
Bewitched (1925)
Mr Jones (1928)
Non fiction
The Cruise of the Vanadis (1888)
The Decoration of Houses (1897)
Italian Villas and Their Gardens (1904)
Italian Backgrounds (1905)
A Motor-flight Through France (1908)
Fighting France (1915)
French Ways and Their Meaning (1919)
In Morocco (1920)
The Writing of Fiction (1925)
A Backward Glance (1934)
Edith Wharton Abroad (1995)
The Uncollected Critical Writings (1996)
Yrs. Ever Affly (1999)
The Decoration of Houses (1897)
Italian Villas and Their Gardens (1904)
Italian Backgrounds (1905)
A Motor-flight Through France (1908)
Fighting France (1915)
French Ways and Their Meaning (1919)
In Morocco (1920)
The Writing of Fiction (1925)
A Backward Glance (1934)
Edith Wharton Abroad (1995)
The Uncollected Critical Writings (1996)
Yrs. Ever Affly (1999)
Anthologies containing stories by Edith Wharton
American Ghost Stories (1928)
A Century of Ghost Stories (1936)
The 2nd Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1966)
Medley Macabre (1966)
Some Things Fierce and Fatal (1971)
The Other Dimension (1972)
The 9th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1973)
The Penguin Book of Classic Fantasy by Women (1977)
Sixty-Five Great Tales of the Supernatural (1979)
Black Water (1983)
The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories (1984)
Witches' Brew (1984)
The Book of Fantasy (1988)
Tales of the Occult (1989)
The Open Door (1990)
Bodies of the Dead (1995)
The Oxford Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories (1996)
American Gothic Tales (1996)
Vampires, Wine and Roses (1997)
Nightshade (2000)
A Century of Ghost Stories (1936)
The 2nd Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1966)
Medley Macabre (1966)
Some Things Fierce and Fatal (1971)
The Other Dimension (1972)
The 9th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1973)
The Penguin Book of Classic Fantasy by Women (1977)
Sixty-Five Great Tales of the Supernatural (1979)
Black Water (1983)
The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories (1984)
Witches' Brew (1984)
The Book of Fantasy (1988)
Tales of the Occult (1989)
The Open Door (1990)
Bodies of the Dead (1995)
The Oxford Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories (1996)
American Gothic Tales (1996)
Vampires, Wine and Roses (1997)
Nightshade (2000)
Short stories
The Lady's Maid's Bell | |||
The Moving Finger (1901) | |||
'All Souls' (1908) | |||
The Eyes (1910) | |||
Miss Mary Pask (1925) | |||
Pomegranate Seed (1931) | |||
The Looking Glass (1935) |
Books about Edith Wharton
Edith Wharton (1961) by Louis Auchincloss
The Letters of Edith Wharton (1988) by Nancy Lewis
Edith Wharton's Prisoners of Shame (1991) by Lev Raphael
The Letters of Edith Wharton (1988) by Nancy Lewis
Edith Wharton's Prisoners of Shame (1991) by Lev Raphael
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