This ebook contains the complete works of Edith Wharton: 22 novels and novellas, 11 story collections with 85 stories, 2 collections of poetry, and 9 non-fiction books.The collection is sorted chronologically by literary genres. There are the usual inline tables of contents and links after each text/chapter to get back to the respective tables. An alphabetical index of stories is also provided. Dates of first publication can be found at the end of the stories.Contents:...

The classic tale of a young woman's struggle for love and money from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Ethan Frome and The Age of Innocence.Raised among New York's high society, Lily Bart is beautiful, charming, and entirely without means. Determined to maintain the extravagant lifestyle to which she is accustomed, Lily embarks on a mission to marry a wealthy man who can secure her station. However, the businesslike proposals from her many suit...

Classic novel. According to Wikipedia: "Edith Wharton (January 24, 1862 - August 11, 1937) was an American novelist, short story writer, and designer. ... The Age of Innocence (1920), perhaps her best known work, won the 1921 Pulitzer Prize for literature, making her the first woman to win the award."

This ebook compiles Edith Wharton's complete novels, including "The Age of Innocence", "Ethan Frome", "The Custom of the Country" and "The House of Mirth". This edition has been professionally formatted and contains several tables of contents. The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By clicking on one of those titles you will be redirected to the beginning of that work, where you'll find a new TOC that lists a...

«The Age of Innocence» tells the story of a forthcoming society wedding, and the threat to the happy couple from the appearance in their midst of an exotic and beautiful femme fatale, a cousin of the bride. Newland Archer is a distinguished lawyer looking forward to his marriage to shy, lovely, sheltered May Welland. But when he meets Countess Ellen Olenska, scandalously separated from her European husband, a Polish count, he falls hopelessly in love and blights his marriage to May by fail...

A rich visitor from the city seduces a local woman, but their affair may not survive the season, in this novel by the Pulitzer-winning author of Ethan Frome.Charity Royall was taken in as a child by an educated man in a small New England town. Her origins on "the mountain"—towering in the distance and whispered about in dark tones—remain murky to her. She only knows she is expected to be grateful for being rescued, and for her improved circumstances. Yet, ...

Striking, sophisticated and witty, Lily Bart lives a life of expensive taste and civilised society in turn of the century New York. But nearing thirty and still unmarried, Lily’s place in society becomes uncertain without a husband to maintain her lifestyle and social standing. After rejecting several offers of marriage, Lily’s life spirals out of control as she begins an innocent relationship with a friend’s husband, Gus Trenor, and is accused of adultery. Destitute and alone, Lily realiz...

A tale about money and a marriage of convenience in 1920s New York by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Age of Innocence.This novel by the author of Ethan Frome, The House of Mirth, and other classics follows a couple as they venture everywhere from a lakeside villa to a Venetian palace, enjoying an extended honeymoon at other people's expense—until their calculations lead to complications."Nick and Susy Lansing, each suffe...

Edith Wharton´s "The House of Mirth" was first published in 1905. The novel shocked the New York society it so deftly chronicles, portraying the moral, social and economic restraints on a woman who dared to claim the privileges of marriage without assuming the responsibilities.Lily Bart, beautiful, witty and sophisticated, is accepted by 'old money' and courted by the growing tribe of nouveaux riches. But as she nears thirty, her foothold becomes precarious; a poor girl with expens...

Step into the opulent world of Gilded Age New York, where love and duty collide in Edith Wharton's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece, The Age of Innocence. In a society bound by strict traditions, Newland Archer, a promising young lawyer, is set to marry the beautiful and proper May Welland. But when May's cousin, the unconventional and enigmatic Countess Ellen Olenska, reenters New York's high society, Newland finds himself torn between passion and responsibility. As he struggles with hi...

The Age of Innocence is a portrait of upper-class, East Coast American life in the 19th century. Newland Archer, a lawyer and son of one of New York City's most established families, is happily engaged to marry the beautiful and sweet May Welland, a picture-perfect product of Old New York society. Yet he begins to question his dreams of wedded life when he meets Ellen, May's beautiful but stubbornly independent cousin, who has made the scandalous decision to divorce her husband an...

Poor farmer Ethan Frome endures yet another harsh winter in Starkfield, Massachusetts, caring for his constantly ill wife Zeena. His life is bleak and miserable — until the arrival of Mattie Silver, a cousin of Zeena’s hired to help the Fromes around the house. Ethan finds himself attracted to the lovely Mattie, and even considers having an affair while his wife is away from home. When Zeena returns and decides to send Mattie away, the two would-be lovers make a pact that ultimately ends i...