Wharton: 570 books

First published in 1899, "The Greater Inclination" was the first collection of short stories by Edith Wharton. It contains eight works, inducing seven short stories and a two-act play: The Muse's Tragedy", "A Journey", "The Pelican", "Souls Belated", "A...

This early work by Edith Wharton was originally published in 1907 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Fruit of the Tree' is a novel set in a small mill town and is infused with key social ideas such as labour reform, class, and euthanasia. Edith Wharton was...

Due donne americane di fronte alla Grande Guerra europea: Edith Wharton, scrittrice già affermata che in quegli anni sta scrivendo l’Età dell’innocenza – sarà la prima donna a vincere il premio Pulitzer – e Nellie Bly, giornalista famosa, che nel 1890 aveva stupito il mondo circumnavigando...

Author of such classic wartime novels as Birdy and A Midnight Clear, William Wharton was one of the most acclaimed writers of his generation. However, he was also a very private man—he wrote under a pseudonym and rarely gave interviews—so fans and critics could only speculate how much of his work...

In The House of Mirth, Edith Wharton depicts the glittering salons of Gilded Age New York with precision and wit, even as she movingly portrays the obstacles that impeded women's choices at the turn of the century.   The beautiful, much-desired Lily Bart has been raised to be one of...

Highly acclaimed at its publication in 1913, The Custom of the Country is a cutting commentary on America’s nouveaux riches, their upward-yearning aspirations and their eventual downfalls. Through her heroine, the beautiful and ruthless Undine Spragg, a spoiled heiress who looks to her next materialistic...

Edith Wharton was one of the most famous American authors of the early 20th century.  Wharton’s writings were known for their witty presentation on upper class society in America.  This edition of The Fruit of the Tree includes a table of contents.

Edith Wharton’s lacerating satire on marriage and materialism in turn-of-the-century New York features her most selfish, ruthless, and irresistibly outrageous female character.   Undine Spragg is an exquisitely beautiful but ferociously acquisitive young woman from the Midwest who comes to New...

The Decoration of Houses, a manual of interior design written by Edith Wharton with architect Ogden Codman, was first published in 1897. In the book, the authors denounced Victorian-style interior decoration and interior design, especially those rooms that were decorated with heavy window curtains,...

A rare work of nonfiction from Edith Wharton, The Writing of Fiction contains brilliant advice on writing from the first woman ever to win a Pulitzer Prize -- for her first novel The Age of Innocence. In The Writing of Fiction, Wharton provides general comments on the roots of modern fiction, the...

Ebook comes with main table of contents and interlinked sub table of contents.  Each chapter is clearly marked so user knows which book within the boxset is being read. The Novels. Fast and Loose. The Touchstone. The Valley of Decision. Sanctuary. The House of Mirth. (Illustrated)...

In August of 1988, heavy black smoke engulfed an Oregon highway, causing a massive 23-car pileup that claimed the lives of novelist William Wharton's 36-year-old daughter, her husband, and their two infant daughters. They'd been victims of field burning, a routine agricultural practice, and were burned...

Texas a Brief Account of the Origin William H. Wharton, early colonist, political leader, diplomat, Senator and orator in Texas (1802-1839) This ebook presents «Texas a Brief Account of the Origin», from William H. Wharton. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to...

'Can't you see that I don't care what anybody says?' Charity Royall lives in the small New England village of North Dormer. Born among outcasts from the Mountain beyond, she is rescued by lawyer Royall and lives with him as his ward. Never allowed to forget her disreputable origins Charity despises...