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The Mount, Edith Wharton’s Estate and Gardens

Yale University's Edith Wharton Collection
This collection at Yale University includes manuscripts and photographs reflecting the life and literary career of Edith Wharton.

Printed Resources

Works of Edith Wharton
Auchincloss, Louis, ed. Edith Wharton: Selected Poems. New York: Library of America, 2005.

Wharton, Edith. The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton, New York: Scribner’s, 1973.

—. Edith Wharton: The Collected Stories. 2 volumes. New York: Library of America, 2001.

Wright, Sarah Bird, ed. Edith Wharton Abroad: Selected Travel Writings, 1888-1920. New York: St. Martin’s Griffin, 1995.

Works about Wharton
Benstock, Shari. No Gifts from Chance: A Biography of Edith Wharton. New York: Scribner’s, 1994.

Lee, Hermione. Edith Wharton. New York: Knopf, 2007.

Lewis, R.W. B. Edith Wharton: A Biography. New York: Harper & Row, 1975.

Lewis, R.W. B. and Nancy Lewis, eds. The Letters of Edith Wharton. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1975.

Waid, Candace, ed. The Age of Innocence: Norton Critical Edition. New York: Norton, 2002.

Wolff, Cynthia Griffin. A Feast of Words: The Triumph of Edith Wharton. 1977. New York: Perseus Books, 1994.



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