The House of Mirth
A landmark novel of New York society and one of Wharton's defining works.
Author guide
Edith Wharton Books in Order
Edith Wharton (1862–1937) was an American writer and designer whose career spanned novels, novellas, short fiction, poetry, travel writing, criticism, architecture and garden writing, wartime nonfiction, and memoir. Her major novels include The House of Mirth, Ethan Frome, The Custom of the Country, and The Age of Innocence, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. She also co-authored The Decoration of Houses and left the unfinished novel The Buccaneers, completed and published after her death.
literary fictionrealist fictionnovel of mannersshort storiesnovellapoetrytravel writingliterary criticismmemoirarchitecture and designwar writing
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Ethan Frome
A compact tragedy that showcases Wharton's psychological realism.
The Age of Innocence
Her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and a canonical entry point into her social fiction.
Read in order
Books by series
novel-series · complete
Vance Weston novels
Two linked novels following Vance Weston, an aspiring writer, through his literary and personal development.
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Novels (23)
- Fast and LooseAmazon ↗
novel · 1977
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The TouchstoneAmazon ↗novella · 1900
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The Valley of DecisionAmazon ↗novel · 1902
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SanctuaryAmazon ↗novella · 1903
- Italian Villas and Their GardensAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 1904
- The House of MirthAmazon ↗
novel · 1905
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Madame de TreymesAmazon ↗novella · 1907
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The Fruit of the TreeAmazon ↗novel · 1907
- Ethan FromeAmazon ↗
novella · 1911
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The ReefAmazon ↗novel · 1912
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The Custom of the CountryAmazon ↗novel · 1913
- Fighting France: From Dunkerque to BelfortAmazon ↗
war-nonfiction · 1915
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SummerAmazon ↗novel · 1917
- The MarneAmazon ↗
novel · 1918
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French Ways and Their MeaningAmazon ↗nonfiction · 1919
- The Age of InnocenceAmazon ↗
novel · 1920
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The Glimpses of the MoonAmazon ↗novel · 1922
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A Son at the FrontAmazon ↗novel · 1923
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Old New YorkAmazon ↗novella-collection · 1924
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The Mother's RecompenseAmazon ↗novel · 1925
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Twilight SleepAmazon ↗novel · 1927
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The ChildrenAmazon ↗novel · 1928
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The BuccaneersAmazon ↗unfinished-novel · 1938
Nonfiction (6)
Short fiction (10)
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The Greater InclinationAmazon ↗short-story-collection · 1899
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Crucial InstancesAmazon ↗short-story-collection · 1901
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The Descent of Man and Other StoriesAmazon ↗short-story-collection · 1904
- The Hermit and the Wild Woman and Other StoriesAmazon ↗
short-story-collection · 1908
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Tales of Men and GhostsAmazon ↗short-story-collection · 1910
- Xingu and Other StoriesAmazon ↗
short-story-collection · 1916
- Here and BeyondAmazon ↗
short-story-collection · 1926
- Certain PeopleAmazon ↗
short-story-collection · 1930
- The World OverAmazon ↗
short-story-collection · 1936
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GhostsAmazon ↗short-story-collection · 1937
Essays and speeches (1)
- Human NatureAmazon ↗
essay-collection · 1933
Poetry (3)
Collaborations (1)
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The Decoration of HousesAmazon ↗coauthored-nonfiction · 1897