wharton, edith

A guide to Edith Wharton's "Ethan Frome" that provides a summary, examines the literary and artistic development of the author, explores style and themes, and discusses the novel's critical reception.

Text and a few photographs examine the many facets of Wharton's life, and her relationships with publishers. Also explores her charitable work during World War I, and the financial distress that contributed to her death.

A guide to reading and understand Edith Wharton's "The Age of Innocence" that includes an annotated edition of the novel, plus critical essays examining the novel's themes, structure, literary significance, and characters.

Offers a historical overview of the short stories and novels of Edith Wharton, discussing how her writings transformed American fiction in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries.

A critical look at Edith Wharton's travel writing exploring how her writing differed from Washington Irving's and Nathaniel Hawthorne's by integrating scholarly and imaginative approaches to travel rather than focusing on lakes, waterfalls, mountains, and ruins.