The Real Buccaneers: American Dollar Princesses of the Gilded Age & Edith Wharton ...

In February of 1901, Walter Berry, a lawyer and member of élite society in New York, expressed a regret in a letter written to his close friend Edith Wharton. “How I do wish I could run on to see the ...

NEW YORK (AP) — When World War I broke out in 1914, Edith Wharton’s initial response was less as a storyteller in search of material than as a citizen and intrepid witness.

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Edith Wharton's legacy and impact is still unfolding to this day. Wharton's first published novella was ...

The Men Who Saved the World, the Pulitzer winner’s lost manuscript found in Yale archives, appears in Strand magazine ...

A trove of 136 Edith Wharton letters—some written when Wharton was just fourteen years old—sold at Christie’s yesterday to an American educational institution for $182,500. It’s a tremendous treat for ...

Hidden for more than 100 years, this Edith Wharton story is finally being published - Titled ‘The Men Who Saved the World’, the previously unpublished work will appear in The Strand’s new issue ...

My favorite high school teacher introduced The Age of Innocence by saying, “Maybe not for everyone. Probably not for any of you.” That sums up how most people feel. Even though Edith Wharton—who ...

The trouble with Summer...is that Mrs. Wharton rather forces her note. It is not that seduction as a scheme for literary bouleversement is a little out of date. There is no such thing as a catastrophe ...

Try this short quiz on the last stop for five popular writers. By J. D. Biersdorfer Test your knowledge of novels written during (or about) this memorable era of American history. By J. D. Biersdorfer ...

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