Edith Wharton

5 summariesHistorical Fiction, Romance, Literary Fiction

Edith Wharton was an American writer and designer. Wharton drew upon her insider's knowledge of the upper-class New York "aristocracy" to portray realistically the lives and morals of the Gilded Age. In 1921, she became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, for her novel The Age of Innocence. She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1996. Among her other well known works are The House of Mirth, the novella Ethan Frome, and several notable ghost stories.

Books by Edith Wharton

5 books available

The Age of Innocence
Edith Wharton
4.0 (139k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction
In Gilded Age New York, a man of society is torn between his love for an unconventional woman and his family's expectations, fearing social ruin.
Ethan Frome
Edith Wharton
3.4 (108k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction
Duty and a harsh New England winter trap Ethan Frome, whose quiet longing for a young woman disrupts his bleak marriage, leading to a desperate, snow-bound act with lasting consequences.
The House of Mirth
Edith Wharton
4.0 (84k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction
In Gilded Age New York, Lily Bart, beautiful and charming, navigates a society obsessed with wealth and status, where her allure becomes the trap that leads to her tragic downfall.
The Custom of the Country
Edith Wharton
4.0 (10k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
Undine Spragg's relentless social climbing in early 20th-century New York exposes the emptiness of ambition and the fleeting nature of success in a world of changing values.
The Buccaneers
Edith Wharton
3.9 (6k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction
In a Gilded Age transatlantic waltz, four American heiresses crash the gates of British aristocracy, seeking titles and love while defying the stifling corsets of Victorian societal expectations.