Edith Wharton Book Club

Join us every month (Jan - June 2026) as we read novels by the great American author of the gilded age, Edith Wharton. Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist and short story writer known for her sharp social commentary and depictions of upper-class life at the turn of the 20th century.

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Edith Wharton Book Club

Join us every month (Jan - June 2026) as we read novels by the great American author of the gilded age, Edith Wharton. Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist and short story writer known for her sharp social commentary and depictions of upper-class life at the turn of the 20th century.

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The house of mirth
Wharton, Edith 1862-1937
Paper Book
An immensely popular bestseller upon its publication in 1905, The House of Mirth was Edith Wharton's first great novel. Set among the elegant brownstones of New York City and opulent country houses like gracious Bellomont on the Hudson, the novel creates a satiric portrayal of what Wharton...

January 28, 2026

The house of mirth
Wharton, Edith 1862-1937
Paper Book
An immensely popular bestseller upon its publication in 1905, The House of Mirth was Edith Wharton's first great novel. Set among the elegant brownstones of New York City and opulent country houses like gracious Bellomont on the Hudson, the novel creates a satiric portrayal of what Wharton...
Ethan Frome
Wharton, Edith 1862-1937
Paper Book
First published in 1911, Ethan Frome is widely regarded as Edith Wharton's most revealing novel and her finest achievement in fiction. Set in the bleak, barren winter landscape of New England, it is the tragic tale of a simple man, bound to the demands of his farm and his tyrannical, sickly...

February 27, 2026

Ethan Frome
Wharton, Edith 1862-1937
Paper Book
First published in 1911, Ethan Frome is widely regarded as Edith Wharton's most revealing novel and her finest achievement in fiction. Set in the bleak, barren winter landscape of New England, it is the tragic tale of a simple man, bound to the demands of his farm and his tyrannical, sickly...
Novellas and other writings
Wharton, Edith
Paper Book
Collected in this Library of America volume are no fewer than six of the works of Edith Wharton- novels, novellas, and her renowned autobiography,A Backward Glance. Together they represent nearly a quarter century in the productive life of one of the most accomplished and admired of American...
The custom of the country
Wharton, Edith 1862-1937
Paper Book
Highly acclaimed at its publication in 1913, The Custom of the Country is a cutting commentary on America's nouveaux riches, their upward-yearning aspirations and their eventual downfalls. Through her heroine, the beautiful and ruthless Undine Spragg, a spoiled heiress who looks to her...
The age of innocence
Wharton, Edith 1862-1937
Paper Book
Edith Wharton's acclaimed novel of love, duty, and half-known truths in Gilded Age New York society, with a foreword by bestselling author Elif Batuman Dutiful Newland Archer, an eligible young man from New York high society, is about to announce his engagement to May Welland, a...

April 24, 2026

The age of innocence
Wharton, Edith 1862-1937
Paper Book
Edith Wharton's acclaimed novel of love, duty, and half-known truths in Gilded Age New York society, with a foreword by bestselling author Elif Batuman Dutiful Newland Archer, an eligible young man from New York high society, is about to announce his engagement to May Welland, a...
The age of innocence
Wharton, Edith 1862-1937
Paper Book
Edith Wharton's acclaimed novel of love, duty, and half-known truths in Gilded Age New York society, with a foreword by bestselling author Elif Batuman Dutiful Newland Archer, an eligible young man from New York high society, is about to announce his engagement to May Welland, a...
The buccaneers
Wharton, Edith 1862-1937
Paper Book
Edith Wharton's spellbinding final novel tells a story of love in the gilded age that crosses the boundaries of society-now an original series on AppleTV+! "Brave, lively, engaging...a fairy-tale novel, miraculouly returned to life."-The New York Times Book Review ...

May 22, 2026

Edith Wharton : a woman in her time
Auchincloss, Louis.
Paper Book
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