Edith Wharton
24 January 1862 – 11 August 1937
1,924 works in the book catalog catalog
Biography
Edith Wharton was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, short story writer and designer.
*The Age of Innocence* (1920) won the 1921 Pulitzer Prize for literature, making her the first woman to win the award. She spoke fluent French as well as several other languages and many of her books were published in both French and English. (Source)
Also published as: Edith Newbold Wharton, Edith Newbold Jones Wharton, Edith Wharton Taylor, Mr. Edith Wharton, Edith Wharton Edith Wharton, edith wharton
Most-read books
The Age of Innocence
3.5 · 1920 · 567 want to read
Ethan Frome
4 · 1910 · 202 want to read
The House of Mirth
4.1 · 1905 · 165 want to read
The Dark Descent
4 · 1987 · 130 want to read
Summer
3.8 · 1917 · 56 want to read
The Glimpses of the Moon
1922 · 51 want to read
The 50 Greatest Mysteries of All Time
1998 · 48 want to read
![Cover of The United States in Literature [with three long stories] -- Seventh Edition](https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/6699609-M.jpg)
The United States in Literature [with three long stories] -- Seventh Edition
4 · 1952 · 44 want to read
The Custom of the Country
5 · 1900 · 43 want to read
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience
1999 · 35 want to read
The Buccaneers
2.3 · 1937 · 31 want to read
Isaac Asimov Presents Tales of the Occult
4 · 1989 · 30 want to read
The Ghost stories of Edith Wharton
4 · 1973 · 25 want to read
The Decoration of Houses
1897 · 24 want to read
The Story and Its Writer -- Ninth Edition
2015 · 22 want to read
Ghostly
4 · 2015 · 18 want to read
The United States in Literature -- The Glass Menagerie Edition
4.3 · 1973 · 14 want to read
Twice-Told Tales
3 · 1966 · 15 want to read
Italian Villas and Their Gardens
1904 · 14 want to read
Prentice Hall Literature -- Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes -- Bronze Level
2002 · 13 want to read
![Cover of Great American Short Stories [34 stories]](https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/9378337-M.jpg)
Great American Short Stories [34 stories]
1977 · 14 want to read
Stories and Poems for Extremely Intelligent Children of All Ages
4 · 2001 · 11 want to read
The Mists From Beyond
1993 · 11 want to read
Roman Fever and other stories
3 · 1964 · 9 want to read