When she began writing “The Age of Innocence,” in September, 1919, Edith Wharton needed a best-seller. The economic ravages of the First World War had cut her annual income by about sixty per cent.

LENOX - Frank Delaney has read Edith Wharton as long as he can remember. "She is American literature," he said. "There comes a moment after the Civil War when America was looking to find a new style - ...

This article examines a tension in Edith Wharton’s social ideal between the conflicting virtues of reverence and curiosity. Wharton, it shows, was quite conscious of the potential clash between the ...

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In honor of Women's History Month, Shelf Life today pauses in appreciation of another woman of the page: Edith Wharton. To learn more about Wharton's life and work, click here and here. Click here to ...

Anthony Davis has written operas based on recent history. But now he is adapting, and dramatically changing, Wharton’s 1912 novel “The Reef.” By Seth Colter Walls The composer and pianist Anthony ...

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