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Books by Edith Wharton

America's most famous woman of letters, and the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize, Edith Wharton was born into one of the last "leisured class" families in New York City, as she put it, in 1862. Educated privately, she was married to Edward Wharton in 1885, and for the next few years they spent their time in the high society of Newport, Rhode Island, then Lenox, Massachusetts, and Europe. It was in Europe that Wharton first met Henry James, who was to have a profound and lasting influence on her life and work. Wharton's first published book was a work of nonfiction in collaboration with Ogden Codman, The Decoration of Houses (1897), but from early on, her marriage had been a source of distress, and she was advised by her doctor to write fiction to relieve her nervous tension. Wharton's first short stories appeared in Scribner's Magazine, and although she published several volumes of fiction around the turn of the century, including The Greater Inclination (1899), The Touchstone (1900), Crucial Instances (1901), The Valley of Decision (1902), Sanctuary (1903), and The Descent of Man and Other Stories (1904), it was not until the publication of the bestselling The House of Mirth in 1905 that she was recognized as one of the most important novelists of her time for her keen social insight and subtle sense of satire. In 1906 Wharton visited Paris, which inspired Madame de Treymes (1907), and made her home there in 1907, finally divorcing her husband in 1912. The years before the outbreak of World War I represent the core of her artistic achievement with the publication of Ethan Frome in 1911, The Reef in 1912, and The Custom of the Country in 1913. During the war she remained in France organizing relief for Belgian refugees, for which she was later awarded the Legion of Honor. She also wrote two novels about the war, The Marne (1918) and A Son at the Front (1923), and although living in France she continued to write about New England and the Newport society she knew so well and described in Summer (1917), the companion to Ethan Frome, and The Age of Innocence (1920), for which she won the Pulitzer Prize. Her other works include Old New York (1924), The Mother's Recompense (1925), The Writing of Fiction (1925), The Children (1928), Hudson River Bracketed (1929), and her autobiography, A Backward Glance (1934). She died in France in 1937.
Twilight Sleep By Edith Wharton
Twilight Sleepby Edith Wharton
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The Age of Innocence By Edith Wharton
The Age of Innocenceby Edith Wharton
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Summer By Edith Wharton
Summerby Edith Wharton
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The Age of Innocence By Edith Wharton
The Age of Innocenceby Edith Wharton
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The Reef By Edith Wharton
The Reefby Edith Wharton
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The Age of Innocence By Edith Wharton
The Age of Innocenceby Edith Wharton
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Letters By Edith Wharton
Lettersby Edith Wharton
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The House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
The House of Mirthby Edith Wharton
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The Reef By Edith Wharton
The Reefby Edith Wharton
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The Custom of the Country By Edith Wharton
The Custom of the Countryby Edith Wharton
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The Greater Inclination By Edith Wharton
The Greater Inclinationby Edith Wharton
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Edith Wharton: Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Edith Wharton: Ethan Fromeby Edith Wharton
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A Backward Glance By Edith Wharton
A Backward Glanceby Edith Wharton
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The Reckoning By Edith Wharton
The Reckoningby Edith Wharton
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The Age of Innocence By Edith Wharton
The Age of Innocenceby Edith Wharton
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Hudson River Bracketed By Edith Wharton
Hudson River Bracketedby Edith Wharton
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Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Ethan Fromeby Edith Wharton
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Madame De Treymes By Edith Wharton
Madame De Treymesby Edith Wharton
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A Son at the Front By Edith Wharton
A Son at the Frontby Edith Wharton
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CASA DELLA GIOIA, LA By Edith Wharton
CASA DELLA GIOIA, LAby Edith Wharton
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The Custom of the Country By Edith Wharton
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The Mother's Recompense By Edith Wharton
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Reef By Edith Wharton
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The House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
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The Reef By Edith Wharton
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Crucial Instances By Edith Wharton
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The Greater Inclination By Edith Wharton
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The Choice By Edith Wharton
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The House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
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House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
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The Age of Innocence By Edith Wharton
The Age of Innocenceby Edith Wharton
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House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
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The Marne By Edith Wharton
The Marneby Edith Wharton
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Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
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The Custom Of The Country By Edith Wharton
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A Son at the Front By Edith Wharton
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The Glimpses Of The Moon By Edith Wharton
The Glimpses Of The Moonby Edith Wharton
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The Decoration Of Houses By Edith Wharton
The Decoration Of Housesby Edith Wharton
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Coming Home By Edith Wharton
Coming Homeby Edith Wharton
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The House Of Mirth By Edith Wharton
The House Of Mirthby Edith Wharton
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The Long Run 1916 By Edith Wharton
The Long Run 1916by Edith Wharton
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