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Selected Edith Wharton
Deep dive into American literature’s famous female writer with this remarkable collection of ‘Selected Edith Wharton’. Detailing the lives, loves and losses of a country’s people, ...

The Greater Inclination
The earliest collection of short stories from Edith Wharton, ‘The Greater Inclination’ documents the beginning of an outstanding literary career. The book contains seven short stor ...

French Ways and their Meaning
‘French Ways and their Meaning’ is part guidebook and part tribute to Wharton’s beloved France. While living there during the First World War, Wharton decided to write a collection ...

Crucial Instances
‘Crucial Instances’ was the second collection of Wharton’s short stories to be published. Of the seven, ‘Copy: A Dialogue’ is presented as a short play. This collection shows the b ...

Italian Backgrounds
Sit back, relax, and join Edith Wharton on her journey through early 20th century Italy. <br><br>A seasoned traveller, ‘Italian Backgrounds’ condenses a decade’s worth of Edith Wha ...

The Choice
While ‘The Choice’ might be one of Wharton’s shorter stories, it nonetheless showcases her talents as a master storyteller. ‘The Choice’ focuses on the dilemma faced by Cobham Stil ...

The Hermit and the Wild Woman
‘The Hermit and the Wild Woman' is a collection of short stories through which Wharton explores the themes of choice and morality. A surprising read, the stories feature a wide var ...

The Long Run
Written largely in the first person, ‘The Long Run’ sees Wharton at her most reflective. The story focuses on Halston Merrick who, on reuniting with an old friend, is forced to re- ...

Artemis to Actaeon
While she might be best known as the author of ‘The Age of Innocence’ (adapted for film, and starring Michelle Pfeiffer, and Daniel Day-Lewis), Edith Wharton wrote an extensive ran ...

The Writing of Fiction
Among the many twentieth century treatises on the art of writing, there were few that attempted to analyze the development of form and style. But Edith Wharton's bestselling classi ...

A Motor-Flight Through France
In the early years of the 20th Century, Edith Wharton took the road trip of a lifetime across France with the celebrated author, Henry James (author of ‘Turn of the Screw,’ later a ...

Tales of Men and Ghosts
Showcasing a true-to-life and compelling menagerie of characters, Edith Wharton's 'Tales of Men and Ghosts' is an assortment of ten different uncanny, paranormal and tragic stories ...

Coming Home
Having lived in France during the First World War, it’s no surprise that Wharton documented the impact on her spiritual homeland, both in fiction and non-fiction. ‘Coming Home’ is ...

The Old Maid
Classic Edith Wharton, ‘The Old Maid’ was first published as a serial in ‘The Red Book Magazine.’ Through this heart-rending and haunting tale, Wharton takes aim at the notions of ...

The Reef
Wharton’s fifth novel, ‘The Reef’ is widely thought to be partly autobiographical. When American diplomat, George Darrow, bumps into aspiring actress, Sophy Viner, the relationship ...

The Fruit of the Tree
Considered wildly controversial at the time of its release, ‘The Fruit of the Tree’ is a departure from the norm for Edith Wharton. While her trademark eye for social detail and ps ...

The Age of Innocence
Winner of the 1921 Nobel Prize for Literature and Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, "The Age of Innocence" is Edith Wharton’s masterful portrait of desire and betrayal during the splendi ...

The Age of Innocence
When Countess Ellen Olenska returns to New York fleeing her Polish husband, from whom she has been hiding for a year, she shocks the rigid high society. Newland Archer, the soon-to ...

The House of Mirth
In late 19th-century New York, high society places great demands on a woman—she must be beautiful, wealthy, cultured, and above all, virtuous, at least on the surface. At 29, Lily ...

New Year’s Day (The ’Seventies)
Set against the rigid social backdrop of New York in the 1870s, ‘New Year’s Day’ tells the tale of Lizzie Hazeldean, who needs to find a way of making money. With her husband ill a ...

The Valley of Decision
‘The Valley of Decision’ is Wharton’s first full-length novel. Set in 18th Century, it follows the rising fortunes of Odo Valsecca who, on becoming a man, inherits a dukedom. With ...

Fighting France
‘Fighting France’ is a collection of essays, written by Wharton, on the outbreak of the First World War. Having returned to her beloved France to work with the Red Cross, Wharton b ...

Ethan Frome
In the harsh winter of New England, farmer Ethan Frome struggles to lead a bearable life, which is not easy on a rundown farm with a hypochondriac wife. The only bright spot is his ...

The Triumph of Night
A masterclass in psychological and supernatural storytelling, ‘The Triumph of Night’ follows George Foxon who, one snowy, moonlit night, finds himself in the company of a sick youn ...