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Published Works

A Bibliography

Novels & Novellas

The Touchstone, 1900

The Valley of Decision, 1902

Sanctuary, 1903

The House of Mirth, 1905

Madame de Treymes, 1906

The Fruit of the Tree, 1907

Ethan Frome, 1911

The Reef, 1912

The Custom of the Country, 1913

Summer, 1917

The Marne, 1918

The Age of Innocence, 1920 (Pulitzer Prize winner)

The Glimpses of the Moon, 1922

A Son at the Front, 1923

Old New York, 1924

The Mother’s Recompense, 1925

Twilight Sleep, 1927

The Children, 1928

Hudson River Bracketed, 1929

The Gods Arrive, 1932

The Buccaneers, 1938

Fast and Loose, (first novel, written in 1876-1877)

Short Story Collections

The Greater Inclination, 1899

Crucial Instances, 1901

The Descent of Man and Other Stories, 1904

The Hermit and the Wild Woman, 1908

Tales of Men and Ghosts, 1910

Xingu and Other Stories, 1916

Here and Beyond, 1926

Certain People, 1930

Human Nature, 1933

The World Over, 1936

Ghosts, 1937

Non-Fiction

The Decoration of Houses, 1897

Italian Villas and Their Gardens, 1904

Italian Backgrounds, 1905

A Motor-Flight Through France, 1908

Fighting France, from Dunkerque to Belfort, 1915

French Ways and Their Meaning, 1919

In Morocco, 1920

The Writing of Fiction, 1925

A Backward Glance, 1934 (autobiography)

Poetry

Verses, 1878

Artemis to Actaeon and Other Verse, 1909

Twelve Poems, 1926

As Editor

The Book of the Homeless, 1916

Eternal Passions in English Poetry, 1939

The Mount | Edith Wharton's Home
The Mount is a turn-of-the-century home, designed and built by Edith Wharton in 1902. A National Historic Landmark, today The Mount is a cultural center that celebrates the intellectual, artistic and humanitarian legacy of Edith Wharton.

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