Works about Edith Wharton
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1862/01/24 Edith Wharton is born at 14 W 23th St in New York City. Born Edith Wharton's Childhood Home New York City Edith Wharton's Birthday
1866/00/00 Jones family travels to Italy, France, Spain and Germany. Visitor
1872/00/00 Jones family returns to New York. They summer in Newport, Rhode Island. Visitor
1877/00/00 Aspiring novelist Edith Wharton writes "Fast and Loose", the story of an egoist young woman. Author Fast and Loose (Wharton book)
1878/00/00 Verses - published Author Verses
1885/04/29 At age 23, Edith Newbold Jones marries Edward Robbins Wharton, who is 12 years her senior, at the Trinity Chapel Complex in New York City. Bride Trinity Chapel Complex New York City Marriage of Edith Wharton and Edward Robbins Wharton
1888/00/00 The Wharton family take a Mediterranean cruise with James Van Alen. Guest
1889/00/00 The Wharton's buy Land's End, an oceanfront estate at the end of Bellevue Avenue. Home Lands End Mansion Newport, RI
1891/00/00 Edith Wharton buys a townhouse at 882-884 Park Ave, New York and hires Ogden Codman Jr to redesign the interior. Home
1892/00/00 Sometime around 1892, Edith Wharton writes "Bunner Sisters". Author Bunner Sisters
1894/00/00 The Whartons meet Vernon Lee in Italy. Born Violet Paget in 1856 to English parents who lived on the Continent, Lee authored a number of novels, short stories, travel essays, studies of Italian art and music, psychological aesthetics, polemics. Life
1897/00/00 "The Decoration of Houses" is published. Author The Decoration of Houses
1899/02/25 Souls Belated - published Author Souls Belated
1899/03/25 Written in the 1890s, "A Journey" by Edith Wharton is included in 'The Greater Inclination'. Author A Journey (Short Story)
1900/07/00 Whartons summer at The Poplars in Lenox. Visitor
1901/00/00 Eager to escape Newport, Whartons buy 113-acre Laurel Lake Farm in Lenox for $40,600. Edith plans The Mount, a home created for a designer, gardener, hostess and writer. Architect, Home The Mount Lenox, MA
1901/02/29 "The Angel at the Grave" is published in Scribner's Magazine on February 29th, 1901 and appeared in the collection Crucial Instances the same year. Author The Angel at the Grave
1902/00/00 "The Mission of Jane" by Edith Wharton is published in Harper's Monthly. Author The Mission of Jane (Short Story)
1902/11/00 "The Lady's Maid's Bell" by Edith Wharton is published in Scribner's. Author The Lady's Maid's Bell (short story)
1903/12/00 Although she tried to meet Henry James in 1885, Edith Wharton makes the acquaintance of Mr James in London. Home
1904/00/00 Italian Villas and Their Gardens - published Author Italian Villas and Their Gardens
1905/00/00 Volunteer Associate Manager, Edith Wharton, and Assistant Librarian, Kate Spencer, become friends while working at the Lenox Library. Work Lenox Library Lenox, MA
1905/00/00 Italian Backgrounds - published Author Italian Backgrounds
1905/03/16 TR host Edith Wharton, George Cabot Lodge, his wife Mathilda, and Cornelia Bryce Pinchot for a literary salon. Guest White House Executive Residence The White House
1905/10/14 "The House of Mirth" by Edith Wharton is published by Charles Scribner's Sons. Author The House of Mirth (book)
1906/12/00 Edith and Teddy sublet an apartment from George Vanderbilt at 53 rue de Varenne, Paris. Home Residence de Wharton Vanderbilt Paris
1907/00/00 Wharton writes a story for her French tutor to improve her conversational skills. Written in French, the characters include a poor New England farmer named Hart, his wife, Anna, and Anna's niece, Mattie. Author Ethan Frome (book) Residence de Wharton Vanderbilt Paris
1907/03/02 Madame de Treymes - published Author Madame de Treymes
1908/00/00 The Hermit and the Wild Woman and Other Stories - published Author The Hermit and the Wild Woman and Other Stories
1908/00/00 Teddy Robbins Wharton's mental state is determined to be incurable. Life Marriage of Edith Wharton and Edward Robbins Wharton
1909/00/00 Artemis to Actaeon and Other Verse - published Author Artemis to Actaeon and Other Verse
1910/00/00 Whartons separate. Edith Wharton rents an apartment in Paris, France. Life Marriage of Edith Wharton and Edward Robbins Wharton
1910/01/00 Edith Wharton's "Afterward" is published in Century Magazine. Author Afterward (short story)
1910/06/00 "The Eyes" by Edith Wharton is published in Scribner's. Author The Eyes (short story)
1910/10/00 Tales of Men and Ghosts - published Author Tales of Men and Ghosts
1911/00/00 The Whartons sell The Mount in Lenox, Mass. Edith moves permanently to France and Teddy returns to his sister's home in Lenox, Mass. Bride The Mount Lenox, MA Marriage of Edith Wharton and Edward Robbins Wharton
1911/07/00 Derived from a French saying, Autres temps, autres moeurs (other times, other customs), Edith Wharton's "Autre Temps ..." is published in Century Magazine as "Times, Other Manners". Author Autre Temps ... (Short Story)
1911/08/00 "Ethan Frome" is serialized in Scribner's Magazine from August to October 1911. They paid $2,500 for the serial rights and gave Edith a $2,000 advance against book royalties. Author Ethan Frome (book)
1912/00/00 The Reef - published Author The Reef
1912/02/00 "Ethan Frome" is published simultaneously in London and New York. Author Ethan Frome (book)
1914/00/00 Edith Wharton establishes American Hostels for Refugees. Benefactor
1914/08/01 War? Of course there couldn't be war! .... Paris went on steadily with its mid-summer business of feeding, dressing and amusing the great army of tourists who were the only invaders she had seen in nearly half a century. - EW Guest Fighting France: From Dunkerque to Belfort Hotel de Crillon Paris
1915/00/00 France, from Dunkerque to Belfort - published Author Fighting France: From Dunkerque to Belfort
1915/00/00 Edith Wharton creates Children of Flanders Rescue Committee. Benefactor
1916/10/00 Edith Wharton's "Xingu and Other Stories" is published by Charles Scribner's Sons. Author Xingu and Other Stories
1916/10/00 Edith Wharton's "Xingu and Other Stories" is published by Charles Scribner's Sons. Author Bunner Sisters
1917/00/00 Written in Paris during the Great War, "Summer" is published by Charles Scribner's Sons. Author Summer
1918/00/00 "The Marne" by Edith Wharton published by Macmillan and Co, St Martin's street, London. Printed by R and R Clark, Edinburgh. Author The Marne (book)
1919/00/00 Edith Wharton moves to Pavillon Colombe. She leases Ste Claire during winter months. Home
1920/10/00 "The Age of Innocence" is published by Appleton in book form in October 1920 in New York and London. Author The Age of Innocence (book) 1921 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
1920/10/00 In Morocco - published Author In Morocco
1921/06/00 Edith Wharton, the first woman to be honored, receives the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for "The Age of Innocence" for "best presenting the wholesome atmosphere of American life." Author The Age of Innocence (book) 1921 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
1923/00/00 A Son at the Front - published Author A Son at the Front
1924/00/00 Old New York - published Author Old New York
1925/00/00 "Bewitched" is first published in the Pictorial Review. Author Bewitched (short story)
1927/00/00 Edith Wharton is nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1927. Nominee
1928/00/00 Edith Wharton is nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1928. Nominee
1930/00/00 Edith Wharton is nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1930. Nominee
1932/00/00 The Gods Arrive - published Author The Gods Arrive
1934/00/00 A Backward Glance - published Author A Backward Glance
1934/11/10 "Roman Fever" by Edith Wharton appears in Liberty magazine. Author Roman Fever (short story)
1935/00/00 "The Looking Glass" by Edith Wharton is published. Author The Looking Glass (Wharton Short Story)
1937/00/00 "The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton" is published. Author The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton
1937/08/11 Edith Wharton dies at age 75 at Pavillon Colombe, a suburban villa in the village of St Brice-sous-Foret. She is buried, in the Cimetiere des Gonards in Versailles, close to her friend Walter Berry. Died

117 Creative Works by Edith Wharton »

Title Type Association Y/M/D Moniker
Title Type Association Y/M/D Moniker
Verses Author Poems 1878/00/00
The Decoration of Houses Author Book 1897/00/00
The Muse's Tragedy (Short Story) Author Short Story 1899/01/00
Souls Belated Author Short Story 1899/02/25
The Portrait (Short Story) Author Short Story 1899/03/25
A Journey (Short Story) Author Short Story 1899/03/25
  • Notable Short Stories, True Tales and Mezzobulas
The Twilight of the God (Short Story) Author Short Story 1899/03/25
A Coward (Wharton short story) Author Short Story 1899/03/25
A Cup of Cold Water (Short Story) Author Short Story 1899/03/25
The Pelican (Short Story) Author Short Story 1899/03/25
The Greater Inclination Author Book 1899/03/25
The Touchstone Author Book 1900/00/00
Copy: A Dialogue (Short Story) Author Short Story 1901/00/00
The Moving Finger (Wharton Short Story) Author Short Story 1901/00/00
Crucial Instances Author Book 1901/00/00
The Rembrandt (Short Story) Author Short Story 1901/00/00
The Duchess at Prayer (Short Story) Author Short Story 1901/00/00
The Confessional (Short Story) Author Short Story 1901/00/00
The Recovery (Short Story) Author Short Story 1901/00/00
The Angel at the Grave Author Short Story 1901/02/29
The Quicksand (Short Story) Author Short Story 1902/00/00
The Valley of Decision Author Novel 1902/00/00
The Mission of Jane (Short Story) Author Short Story 1902/00/00
  • Notable Short Stories, True Tales and Mezzobulas
The Reckoning Author Short Story 1902/08/00
The Lady's Maid's Bell (short story) Author Short Story 1902/11/00
The Dilettante (Short Story) Author Short Story 1903/00/00
Sanctuary (Wharton book) Author Mezzobula 1903/00/00
A Venetian Night's Entertainment (Short Story) Author Short Story 1903/12/00
The Descent of Man and Other Stories Author Short Story Collection 1904/00/00
The Descent of Man (Short Story) Author Short Story 1904/00/00
Italian Villas and Their Gardens Author Essay 1904/00/00
The Letter (Wharton Short Story) Author Short Story 1904/00/00
The Other Two (Short Story) Author Short Story 1904/02/00
  • Notable Short Stories, True Tales and Mezzobulas
The Last Asset (Short Story) Author Short Story 1904/08/00
The Pot-Boiler (Short Story) Author Short Story 1904/12/00
The Best Man (Short Story) Author Short Story 1905/00/00
Italian Backgrounds Author Book 1905/00/00
The House of Mirth (book) Author Novel 1905/10/14
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  • Notable Novels and Novellas
In Trust (Short Story) Author Short Story 1906/00/00
The Hermit and the Wild Woman (Short Story) Author Short Story 1906/02/00
The Fruit of the Tree Author Book 1907/00/00
Madame de Treymes Author Mezzobula 1907/03/02
A Motor-Flight Through France Author Book 1908/00/00
The Hermit and the Wild Woman and Other Stories Author Book 1908/00/00
Expiation (Short Story) Author Short Story 1908/00/00
The Verdict (Short Story) Author Short Story 1908/06/00
The Pretext (Short Story) Author Short Story 1908/08/00
Artemis to Actaeon and Other Verse Author Poems 1909/00/00
Afterward (short story) Author Short Story 1910/01/00
  • Notable Short Stories, True Tales and Mezzobulas
The Eyes (short story) Author Short Story 1910/06/00
Tales of Men and Ghosts Author Short Story Collection 1910/10/00
Autre Temps ... (Short Story) Author Short Story 1911/07/00
  • Notable Short Stories, True Tales and Mezzobulas
The Reef Author Book 1912/00/00
Ethan Frome (book) Author Mezzobula 1912/02/00
  • 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
  • Notable Short Stories, True Tales and Mezzobulas
The Custom of the Country Author Book 1913/00/00
The Triumph of Night (Short Story) Author Short Story 1914/00/00
Fighting France: From Dunkerque to Belfort Author Book 1915/00/00
The Book of the Homeless Author Book 1916/00/00
Xingu (Short Story) Author Short Story 1916/02/27
Kerfol (Short Story) Author Short Story 1916/05/00
The Long Run (Short Story) Author Short Story 1916/10/00
The Choice (Short Story) Author Short Story 1916/10/00
Coming Home (Short Story) Author Short Story 1916/10/00
Bunner Sisters Author Mezzobula 1916/10/00
  • 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
  • Notable Short Stories, True Tales and Mezzobulas
Xingu and Other Stories Author Book 1916/10/00
Summer Author Book 1917/00/00
  • 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
  • Notable Novels and Novellas
The Marne (book) Author Mezzobula 1918/00/00
French Ways and Their Meaning Author Book 1919/00/00
In Morocco Author Travelogue 1920/10/00
The Age of Innocence (book) Author Novel 1920/10/00
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  • Notable Novels and Novellas
  • Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
The Glimpses of the Moon Author Book 1922/00/00
  • 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
  • Notable Novels and Novellas
A Son at the Front Author Book 1923/00/00
Old New York Author Florilegium 1924/00/00
The Writing of Fiction Author Book 1925/00/00
Bewitched (short story) Author Short Story 1925/00/00
Miss Mary Pask (Short Story) Author Short Story 1925/00/00
The Mother's Recompense Author Book 1925/00/00
Here and Beyond Author Short Story Collection 1926/00/00
The Seed of the Faith (Short Story) Author Short Story 1926/00/00
Twelve Poems Author Book 1926/00/00
The Young Gentlemen (Short Story) Author Short Story 1926/00/00
The Temperate Zone (Short Story) Author Short Story 1926/00/00
Velvet Ear-Pads (Short Story) Author Short Story 1926/00/00
Twilight Sleep Author Book 1927/01/02
The Children Author Book 1928/00/00
Hudson River Bracketed Author Book 1929/00/00
Mr Jones (Wharton Short Story) Author Short Story 1930/00/00
The Refugees (Short Story) Author Short Story 1930/00/00
A Bottle of Perrier (Short Story) Author Short Story 1930/00/00
After Holbein (Short Story) Author Short Story 1930/00/00
Certain People Author Short Story Collection 1930/00/00
Dieu D'amour (Short Story) Author Short Story 1930/00/00
Atrophy (Short Story) Author Short Story 1930/00/00
Pomegranate Seed (Short Story) Author Short Story 1931/00/00
The Gods Arrive Author Book 1932/00/00
Diagnosis (Wharton Short Story) Author Short Story 1933/00/00
Joy in the House (Short Story) Author Short Story 1933/00/00
A Glimpse (Short Story) Author Short Story 1933/00/00
Human Nature Author Short Story Collection 1933/00/00
The Day of the Funeral (short story) Author Short Story 1933/00/00
Her Son (Short Story) Author Short Story 1933/00/00
A Backward Glance Author Book 1934/00/00
Roman Fever (short story) Author Short Story 1934/11/10
  • Notable Short Stories, True Tales and Mezzobulas
The Looking Glass (Wharton Short Story) Author Short Story 1935/00/00
The World Over Author Short Story Collection 1936/00/00
The Blond Beast (short story) Author Short Story 1937/00/00
The Legend (short story) Author Short Story 1937/00/00
The Bolted Door (short story) Author Short Story 1937/00/00
The Letters (short story) Author Short Story 1937/00/00
The Daunt Diana (short story) Author Short Story 1937/00/00
All Souls (Wharton Short Story) Author Short Story 1937/00/00
Full Circle (short story) Author Short Story 1937/00/00
The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton Author Short Story Collection 1937/00/00
The Debt (short story) Author Short Story 1937/00/00
His Father's Son (short story) Author Short Story 1937/00/00
The Buccaneers Author Book 1938/00/00
Fast and Loose (Wharton book) Author Mezzobula 1938/00/00

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