Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Reef by Edith Wharton
The full text of the novel The Reef by Edith Wharton. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.
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Classic Reader: The Touchstone by Edith Wharton
Read the full text of "The Touchstone" by Edith Wharton about a man who plagiarizes love letters for financial gain.
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Classic Reader: Bunner Sisters by Edith Wharton
Read the full text of "Bunner Sisters" by Edith Wharton about two sisters barely making a living running a small shop. Their mundane lives change one day when they meet a local clockmaker.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Read the full text of the masterpiece "The Age of Innocence" by Edith Wharton. A synopsis is included.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Fulness of Life by Edith Wharton
The full text of the short story The Fulness Of Life by Edith Wharton. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Dilettante by Edith Wharton
The full text of the short story The Dilettante by Edith Wharton.
Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery: Zaida Ben Yusuf: Edith Wharton
Information about American novelist Edith Wharton, accompanied by a photograph taken by Zaida Ben-Yusuf.
World Wide School
World Wide School: Etext of "The Early Short Fiction 2"
This site provides the complete etext for Edith Wharton's short fiction, titled "The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton, Part Two."
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Personal or Social Tragedy? Edith Wharton's Ethan Frome
This lesson will challenge students to weigh the textual evidence for and against the claim that Ethan's woes lay in staying in Starkfield-and not in the details of his personal relationships. In the process, students will close read...
World Wide School
World Wide School: Etext of "The Early Short Fiction"
This site provides the complete etext for Edith Wharton's short fiction, titled "The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton, Part One."
World Wide School
World Wide School: Etext of "The Glimpses of the Moon"
This site provides the complete etext for Edith Wharton's story, "The Glimpses of the Moon."
World Wide School
World Wide School: Etext of "House of Mirth"
This site provides the complete etext for Edith Wharton's story, "House of Mirth."
World Wide School
World Wide School: Etext of "The Reef"
This site provides the complete etext for Edith Wharton's story, "The Reef."
World Wide School
World Wide School: Etext of "The Touchstone"
This site provides the complete etext for Edith Wharton's story, "The Touchstone."
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Literature Library: "Ethan Frome" Study Guide [Pdf]
This study guide for Edith Wharton's "Ethan Frome" provides pre-reading material (author biography, novel setting, vocabulary lists), brainstorming activities, and writing prompts. Students who have completed reading the novel can...
National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment of the Arts: The Big Read: The Age of Innocence
Guide to Edith Wharton's, The Age of Innocence, with historical information, author biography, discussion questions, and a ten-lesson unit of study including discussion activities, homework assignments, project ideas, and essay topics.
New York University
Nyu: Literature, Arts and Medicine Database
NYU's Literature, Arts and Medicine Database is a collection of writings, art and film that encompass the medical humanities. Full texts of fiction, poetry, drama and nonfiction are available, as well as artworks and film clips. Summary...
Curated OER
National Portrait Gallery: Zaida Ben Yusuf: Edith Wharton: Photo
Black and white photograph of American novelist Edith Wharton, taken by Zaida Ben-Yusuf.
Curated OER
Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Ma: The Mount (Edith Warton Estate)
Designed by writer Edith Wharton (1862-1937) and built in 1902, The Mount is where she wrote the bestselling novel The House of Mirth. It is now a house museum.
World Wide School
World Wide School: Etext of Bunner Sisters
This site provides the complete etext to Edith Wharton's Bunner Sisters.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Verdict
"The Verdict" by Edith Wharton is a short story that essentially questions what makes art good or bad. Read the full text on this site.
University of Virginia
University of Virginia: The Valley of Decision
This e-text from the University of Virginia's e-text library provides a contemporary (1902) review of Edith Wharton's "The Valley of Decision" by Frederick Taber Cooper. The review originally appeared in Cooper's book "Nine Books of Some...
TES Global
Blendspace: E3: Novel Ethan Frome
A twelve-part learning module with links to images, slides, texts, websites, videos, and quizzes to use while reading Edith Wharton's Ethan Frome.
Shmoop University
Shmoop: Ethan Frome
Written by Edith Wharton, Ethan Frome is a fascinating novella that is looked at in depth in this interesting and informative site.