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.

Updated February 4, 2026
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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
Paper Book
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January 28, 2026

The house of mirth
Wharton, Edith
Paper Book
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Ethan Frome
Wharton, Edith
Paper Book
Both a classic depiction of village life in New England village life in the 19th century and a poignant tragedy, Ethan Frome is the story of a farmer caught in a failed marriage to an ailing woman whose life is changed forever when his wife's young cousin arrives and awakens feelings he had never...

February 27, 2026

Ethan Frome
Wharton, Edith
Paper Book
Both a classic depiction of village life in New England village life in the 19th century and a poignant tragedy, Ethan Frome is the story of a farmer caught in a failed marriage to an ailing woman whose life is changed forever when his wife's young cousin arrives and awakens feelings he had never...
Novels
Wharton, Edith
Paper Book
The four novels in this Library of America volume show Wharton at the height of her powers as a social observer and critic, examining American and European lives with a vision rich in detail, satire, and tragedy. In all of them her strong and autobiographical impulse is disciplined by her writer's...

CUSTOM OF THE COUNTRY

March 27, 2026

The custom of the country
Wharton, Edith
Paper Book
The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton Considered by many to be her masterpiece, Edith Wharton's second full-length work is a scathing yet personal examination of the exploits and follies of the modern upper class. As she unfolds the story of Undine Spragg, from New York to Europe, Wharton...
The age of innocence
Wharton, Edith
Paper Book
Edith Wharton's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel was originally published in 1920. Set in gaslit 1870s New York, where society people "dread scandal more than disease," Newland Archer is deeply troubled. Content to wed the beautiful and proper May Welland, Newland is drawn to the mysterious Countess...

April 24, 2026

The age of innocence
Wharton, Edith
Paper Book
Edith Wharton's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel was originally published in 1920. Set in gaslit 1870s New York, where society people "dread scandal more than disease," Newland Archer is deeply troubled. Content to wed the beautiful and proper May Welland, Newland is drawn to the mysterious Countess...
The age of innocence
Wharton, Edith
Paper Book
Edith Wharton's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel was originally published in 1920. Set in gaslit 1870s New York, where society people "dread scandal more than disease," Newland Archer is deeply troubled. Content to wed the beautiful and proper May Welland, Newland is drawn to the mysterious Countess...
The age of innocence
Day-Lewis, Daniel.
DVD
In Martin Scorsese's adaptation of Edith Wharton's 1920 novel, romance between an upper-class gentleman and an ostracized lady is doomed by 19th century New York society. Shortly after his engagement to blandly genteel May Welland (Winona Ryder), Newland Archer (Daniel Day-Lewis) is reacquainted...
The buccaneers
Saville, Philip.
DVD
Four young American girls journey from New England to England in search of romance and adventure in this exquisite production of Edith Wharton's final book.
The buccaneers : a novel
Wharton, Edith
Paper Book

May 22, 2026

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