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| Preface |
| Introduction |
| Historical Context |
| About the Author |
| Other Works/Adaptations |
| Discussion Questions |
| Additional Resources |
| Credits |
| Teacher's Guide |
Selected Works by Edith Wharton
The Decoration of Houses, co-authored with Ogden Codman, Jr., 1897 (interior design)
Italian Villas and Their Gardens, 1904 (essays)
The House of Mirth, 1905 (novel)
Madame de Treymes, 1907 (novella)
A Motor-Flight Through France, 1908 (travel)
Ethan Frome, 1911 (novella)
The Reef, 1912 (novel)
The Custom of the Country, 1913 (novel)
Summer, 1917 (novella)
French Ways and Their Meaning, 1919 (cultural criticism)
The Age of Innocence, 1920 (novel)
Old New York, 1924 (a collection of four novellas)
The Mother's Recompense, 1925 (novel)
The Writing of Fiction, 1925 (criticism)
A Backward Glance, 1934 (memoir)
Posthumously collected works
Auchincloss, Louis, ed. Edith Wharton: Selected Poems. New York: Library of America, 2005.
Lewis, R.W.B. and Nancy Lewis, eds. The Letters of Edith Wharton. New York: Scribner's, 1975.
Wharton, Edith. The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton. New York: Scribner's, 1973.
Wright, Sarah Bird, ed. Edith Wharton Abroad: Selected Travel Writings, 1888-1920. New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 1995.
Other Works about Wharton
Benstock, Shari. No Gifts from Chance: A Biography of Edith Wharton. New York: Scribner's, 1994.
Dwight, Eleanor. Edith Wharton: An Extraordinary Life, An Illustrated Biography. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1994.
Lee, Hermoine. Edith Wharton. New York: Knopf, 2007.
