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Edith Wharton
[Edith Newbold Jones Wharton, 1862-1937]
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“The only way to judge an artist is by his works.”
“Inkstands and teacups are never so full as when one upsets them.”
“The only way not to think about money is to have a great deal of it.”
“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.”
“If only we'd stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time.”
— Edith Wharton
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first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for The Novel for "The Age of Innocence" [1920]
Edith Wharton was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1927, 1928 and 1930.
Edith Wharton is buried in the American Cemetery in Versailles, France.
Edith Wharton was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1996.
Edith Wharton's 1924 novella "The Old Maid" was adapted for the stage in 1935 by Zoë Akins; that Broadway stageplay won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and was then adapted as a 1939 movie starring Bette Davis
Edith Wharton Society [est. 1983]
Edith Wharton entry at Wikipedia
search books for Edith Wharton {100 results} at Amazon
browse books & Kindle {170 results} at the Edith Wharton Store at Amazon
Edith Wharton's credits [1902-36] at Internet Broadway Database
Edith Wharton credits [since 1918] at Internet Movie Database
Primary Works
| Edith Wharton: Novels [1986] Edited by R.W.B. Lewis
Library of America 8x5¼ hardcover [5/86] for $26.40 includes "The House of Mirth" [1905], "The Reef" [1912], "The Custom of The Country" [1913] and "The Age of Innocence" [1920] Edith Wharton: Novellas and Other Writings [1990] Edited by Cynthia Griffin Wolff Library of America hardcover [4/90] for $29.25 includes "Madame de Treymes" [1907], "Ethan Frome" [1911], "Summer" [1917], "Old New York: Four Novellas" [1924], "The Mother's Recompense" [1925], and autobio "A Backward Glance" [1934] Edith Wharton: Collected Stories, 1891–1910 [2001] Edited by Maureen Howard Library of America 8&5¼ hardcover [1/2001] for $25.55 includes "The Touchstone" [1900], "Sanctuary", "The Eyes" and 35 other stories Edith Wharton: Collected Stories, 1911–1937 [2001] Edited by Maureen Howard Library of America hardcover [2/2001] for $25.55 includes "Xingu" [1916], "The Marne", "A Bottle of Perrier", "All Souls", "Roman Fever" [1934] and 24 other stories Edith Wharton: Selected Poems [2005] Edited by Louis Auchincloss American Poets Project/LOA 7½x4¼ hardcover [10/2005] for $15.60 Wharton: Four Novels [1996] Edited by R.W.B. Lewis & Cynthia Griffin Wolff Library of America College Editions 7¾x5 pb [10/96] for $13.95 includes "The House of Mirth" [1905], "Ethan Frome" [1911], "The Custom of The Country" [1913] and "The Age of Innocence" [1920] |
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 | "The Edith Wharton Reader: A Selection of Her Finest Work" [1965] Chosen & with an Introduction by Louis Auchincloss Auchincloss's selections from Wharton's work are framed by excerpts from her autobiography Collier Books 8x5½ pb [11/89] out of print/used Charles Schribner's Sons 9x6½ hardcover [1965] out of print/used |
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"The Edith Wharton Omnibus" [1978] with an Introduction by Gore Vidal [1925-2012] includes "Ethan Frome", "The Age of Innocence", and "Old New York {4 novellas}" Scribner hardcover [1978] for $21.96 |
 | "The Collected Stories of Edith Wharton" [Simon & Schuster 1989] Selected & Introduced by Anita Brookner 28 short stories, with Introduction & Afterword by editor Brookner Carroll & Graf 9x6 pb [11/2002] for $25.00 Carroll & Graf 2nd edition 8½x5¾ pb [4/98] out of print/used Carroll & Graf Publng 8&gfrac12x5¼ pb [5/91] out of print/used Carroll & Graf Publng 9x6 hardcover [10/90] out of print/used Carroll & Graf Publng 9½x6½ hardcover [3/90] out of print/used |
 | "The Portable Edith Wharton" [2003] Edited by Linda Wagner Martin Selections include a generous sampling of Wharton's short stories and non-fiction; letters; excerpts from the novels "The House of Mirth", "The Reef", and "The Age of Innocence"; and the complete text of the novella "Summer" Penguin Classics 7¾x6½ pb [7/2003] out of print/many used |
 | "Selected Shorts: A Celebration of The Short Story - Edith Wharton" [2007]Recorded live at The Mount Estate & Gardens; Kathleen Chalfant reads "Mrs. Manstey's View", "Roman Fever" & "The Reckoning"; Maria Tucci reads "Xingu"
Symphony Space audio CD [4/2007] 2 disks for $18.40 |
 | "Three Novels of New York: The House of Mirth, The Custom of the Country, The Age of Innocence (150th Anniversary Edition)" [2012] by Edith Wharton, Illustrated by Richard Gray, Introduction by Jonathan Franzen Kindle Edition from Penguin Classics [3/2012] for $16.99 Penguin Classics 9¼x6 pb [2/2012] for $18.35 |
 | "Edith Wharton: Collected Novellas" [2020] "The Touchstone", "Sanctuary", "Madame de Treymes", "Ethan Frome", "Bunner Sisters", "The Choice, "Autres Temps...", "Old New York" {novellas "False Dawn", "The Old Maid", "The Spark", & "New Year's Day"}, "Summer" PUB pb [8/00] for $24.99 |
"The House of Mirth" novel [1905]
Edith Wharton's story of Lily Bart topped the American bestseller list for four months
http://www.amazon.com/House-Mirth-Biographical-Introduction-ebook/dp/B000FC1CKA/
http://www.amazon.com/House-Penguin-English-Library-ebook/dp/B007FXIC2S/
 | "New Essays On 'The House of Mirth' (The American Novel Series)" [2001] Edited by Deborah Esch (University of Toronto) Introduction by editor Esch, four essays by Ruth Bernard Yeazell, Mary Nyquist, Thomas Loebel, Lynne Tillman Cambridge Univ Press 8½x5½ pb [1/2001] for $31.47 Cambridge Univ Press 8½x5½ hardcover [1/2001] for $69.81 {sic} |
"Madame de Treymes" novella [1907]
"Ethan Frome" novella [1911]
http://www.amazon.com/Ethan-Frome-ebook/dp/B004TQVQRM/
"The Reef" novel [1912]
http://www.amazon.com/The-Reef-Biographical-Introduction-ebook/dp/B000FC25NS/
"The Custom of The Country" novel [1913]
cunning and attractive Undine Spragg rises to the top of New York City's high society at the start of the XXth Century
http://www.amazon.com/Custom-Country-Bantam-Classics-ebook/dp/B000W9183C/
"Summer" [1917 novella]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_(novel)
http://www.amazon.com/Summer-ebook/dp/B000W918OQ/
"The Age of Innocence" novel [1920] won the Pulitzer Prize
http://www.amazon.com/The-Age-of-Innocence-ebook/dp/B000JMKNSS/
http://www.amazon.com/The-Innocence-Signet-Classics-ebook/dp/B002TZ3C04/
http://www.amazon.com/The-Innocence-Vintage-Classics-ebook/dp/B0031RS40C/
 | The Novel and Psychology lecture series: "Edith Wharton's Age of Innocence" [Feb 2015] Gresham College [est. 1597] lecture at the Museum of London by Dr. Belinda Jack of Christ Church College [est. 1546], University of Oxford not listed at IMDb • VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • watch full 2/2015 lecture [54:16] online at YouTube |
"Old New York: Four Novellas" omnibus [1924]
"False Dawn", "The Old Maid", "The Spark", and "New Year's Day"
http://www.amazon.com/York-Enriched-Classics-Pocket-ebook/dp/B002XGIC4U/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Old_Maid_(play)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Old_Maid_(1939_film)
"The Mother's Recompense" novel [1925]
"The Children" novel [1928]
"The Buccaneers" novel [unfinished 1938, completed 1993]
Wharton’s last novel was unfinished when she died in 1937; Wharton scholar Marion Mainwaring completed the book in 1993. The B.B.C. produced a
1995 miniseries adaptation and had the screenwriter come up with another ending.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Buccaneers
http://www.amazon.com/The-Buccaneers-ebook/dp/B001KPZ2MA/
"The Buccaneers" B.B.C. miniseries [1995] /tt0111902/
Announced 10/2012: Simon Curtis ("My Week With Marilyn") is in talks to direct a feature adaptation
thru B.B.C. Films and Ruby Films from a script by Heidi Thomas • not yet listed at IMDb
http://www.archive.org/details/artemistoactaeon00wharuoft
http://www.archive.org/details/bookofhomeless00wharuoft
http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924077720211
http://www.archive.org/details/edithwharton0000love
http://www.archive.org/details/edithwhartonunsa0000holb unsat man
http://www.archive.org/details/fightingfrancefr00wharuoft
http://www.archive.org/details/frenchwaystheirm00wharuoft
http://www.archive.org/details/greaterinclinati00wharrich
http://www.archive.org/details/hermitandwildwom00wharuoft
http://www.archive.org/details/inmorocco00wharuoft
http://www.archive.org/details/italianbackgroun00whar
http://www.archive.org/details/gri_33125008561694 italian gardens
http://www.archive.org/details/italianvillasthe00whar
http://www.archive.org/details/madamedetreymes00wharuoft
http://www.archive.org/details/marnetaleofwar00whariala
http://www.archive.org/details/motorflightthrou00whariala
http://www.archive.org/details/talesofmenghosts00whariala
http://www.archive.org/details/theearlyshortfic00295gut
http://www.archive.org/details/thefruitofthetre19191gut
http://www.archive.org/details/afb2841.0001.001.umich.edu touchstone
http://www.archive.org/details/thetouchstone00whar
http://www.archive.org/details/valleyofdecision00whar
Other Fiction Works
In addition to novels, Edith Wharton wrote at least 85 short stories.
http://public.wsu.edu/~campbelld/wharton/edithwhartonstories.htm "Publication Information for Edith Wharton's Short Stories"
"Fast and Loose: A Novelette" novella/novelette [written 1876-1877, published 1938]
"The Greater Inclination" anthology? [1899]
includes The Muse's Tragedy, A Journey, The Pelican, Souls Belated, A Coward, The Twilight of the God, A Cup of Cold Water, The Portrait
http://www.amazon.com/The-Greater-Inclination-ebook/dp/B0084956H6/
"The Touchstone" novella [1900]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Touchstone
http://www.archive.org/details/thetouchstone00whar
http://www.amazon.com/The-Touchstone-Art-Novella-ebook/dp/B000FC269Q/
"Crucial Instances" collection [1901]
includes The Duchess at Prayer, The Angel at the Grave, The Recovery, “Copy: A Dialogue”, The Rembrandt, The Moving Finger, The Confessional
http://www.archive.org/details/crucialinstances00whar
"The Valley of Decision" novel [1902]
http://www.amazon.com/The-Valley-of-Decision-ebook/dp/B0082YPQY6/
"The Valley of Decision" b&w movie [M.G.M. May 1945] /tt0038213/
The only connection here is the title; directed by Tay Garnett; based on the novel by Marcia Davenport;
starring Greer Garson, Gregory Peck, Donald Crisp, Lionel Barrymore
"Sanctuary" novella/novelette [1903]
http://www.amazon.com/Sanctuary-ebook/dp/B0084AR9AC/
"The Descent of Man and Other Stories" collection [1904]
includes The Descent of Man, The Other Two, Expiation, The Lady’s Maid’s Bell, The Mission of Jane, The Reckoning, The Letter,
The Dilettante, The Quicksand, A Venetian Night’s Entertainment
http://www.archive.org/details/descentofmanando00whariala
"The Fruit of The Tree" novel [1907]
"The Hermit and the Wild Woman and Other Stories" collection [1908]
"Tales of Men and Ghosts" collection [1910]
includes The Bolted Door, His Father’s Son, The Daunt Diana, The Debt, Full Circle, The Legend, The Eyes, The Blond Beast, Afterward, The Letters
"Other Times, Other Manners" by Edith Wharton, July 1911
part 1 = http://archive.org/details/the-century-magazine-v-082n-03-1911-07-google-autolycus-0152/page/344/mode/2up pp 344-352
part 2 = not found on Internet Archive
"The Century Magazine, Volume 82: May to October, 1911" [2018]
http://www.amazon.com/Century-Magazine-Vol-82-October/dp/0243598823/
http://www.amazon.com/Century-Magazine-Vol-82-October/dp/0265521173/ Hardcover – May 2, 2018
"Xingu and Other Stories" collection [1916]
includes Xingu, The Choice, Coming Home, The Triumph of Night, Kerfol, Autres Temps ..., The Long Run, Bunner Sisters
"Bunner Sisters" novella/novelette [1916]
"Summer" novella [1917]
"The Marne" novel [1918]
"The Glimpses of The Moon" novel [1922]
http://www.amazon.com/The-Glimpses-Moon-ebook/dp/B0082RHM5Y/
http://www.archive.org/details/glimpsesofmoon00wharuoft
"A Son At The Front" novel [1923]
"Here and Beyond" collection [1926]
includes Miss Mary Pask, The Young Gentlemen, Bewitched, The Seed of the Faith, The Temperate Zone, Velvet Ear-Pads
"Twilight Sleep" novel [1927]
http://www.amazon.com/Twilight-Sleep-ebook/dp/B006L97QEM/
"Twilight Sleep" [] R.F. Godfrey, ed. ISBN 0-684-83964-4
"Hudson River Bracketed" novel [1929]
"Certain People" collection [1930]
includes Atrophy, A Bottle of Perrier, After Holbein, Dieu d’amour, The Refugees, Mr. Jones
"The Gods Arrive" novel [1932]
"Human Nature" collection [1933]
includes Her Son, The Day of the Funeral, A Glimpse, Joy in the House, Diagnosis
"The World Over" collection [Charles Scribner's Sons 1936] Forward by Anthony Gardner
includes Charm Incorporated, Pomegranate Seed, Confession, Roman Fever, The Looking Glass, Duration
"Charm Incorporated" was originally published in Hearst's Cosmopolitan Magazine, February 1934, under the title “Bread Upon The Waters”
11 Uncollected Stories: Mrs. Manstey's View, The Fulness of Life, The Lamp of Psyche, That Good May Come, The Valley of Childish Things, “And Other Emblems”,
April Showers, The Line of Least Resistance, The House of the Dead Hand, The Introducers, Les Metteurs en Scene, Writing a War Story, All Souls
"Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton, 1902-1937"
Selected and With A Preface By The Author
October 2021 essay by Anna Russell about Edith Wharton and the reissued ghost stories collection
read article online at The New Yorker website
 | Long out of print, this collection of Wharton’s eleven masterly stories of horror and unease is revived by N.Y.R.B Classics, with the original Preface by the author 11 stories: Kindle Edition from N.Y.R.B Classics [10/2021] for $11.99 11 stories: N.Y.R.B Classics 8x5 pb [10/2021] for $15.26 |
 | "The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton" [orig 1937] "finely wrought pieces that showcase her mastery" 9 stories + bio: Kindle Edition from Fantasy and Horror Classics [11/2012] for $7.81 11 stories + Postscript: Kindle Edition from Simon & Schuster Digital Sales [11/2009] for $13.99 11 stories: Popular Library mass pb [1976] out of print/used 15 stories: Wordsworth Editions 8x5 pb [5/2009] for $8.22 15 stories: Virago 8¼x5½ hardcover [10/2020] for $24.99 |
 | "Ghost Stories" [2015] by Edith Wharton "Ten ghostly tales of the Gilded Age from one of America's finest writers" 10 stories: Sugar Skull Press 8½x5½ pb [10/2015] for $10.50 |
"Roman Fever and Other Stories" collection [1964 collection]
"The Collected Short Stories of Edith Wharton" in two volumes [Charles Scribner's Sons 1968]
Edited by R.W.B Lewis // volume 2 borrow only https://archive.org/details/shortstoriesofed00edit/
"Madame de Treymes and Others: Four Novelettes" collection [1970]
"The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton" collection [1973]
 | "The Anthology of Love and Romance" [1994] Edited by Kate Alexander tales of love by Riley Cooper, Rosamunde Pilcher, Georgette Heyer, Edith Wharton, Marie Joseph, and many more hardcover [12/94] out of print/used |
"The Collected Stories of Edith Wharton" collection [Apr 1, 1998]
Carroll & Graf Publishers; paperback, 640 pages - ?? by Anita Brookner
http://www.amazon.com/Collected-Stories-Edith-Wharton/dp/078670523X/
http://www.amazon.com/Stories-Vol-1-Edith-Wharton/dp/067169989X/
 | "France In Mind: An Anthology - From Henry James, Edith Wharton, Gertrude Stein, and Ernest Hemingway to Peter Mayle and Adam Gopnik - A Feast of British and American Writers Celebrate France" [2003] Edited & with an Introduction by Alice Leccese Powers 33 contributors are: Henry Adams, James Baldwin, Elizabeth Bishop, Mary Blume, James Fenimore Cooper, Charles Dickens, Lawrence Durrell, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, M.F.K. Fisher, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Janet Flanner, Adam Gopnik, Joanne Harris, Ernest Hemingway, Washington Irving, Henry James, Thomas Jefferson, Stanley Karnow, Peter Mayle, Mary McCarthy, Jan Morris, Ezra Pound, David Sedaris, Tobias Smollett, Gertrude Stein, Robert Louis Stevenson, Paul Theroux, Gillian Tindall, Calvin Trillin, Mark Twain, Edith Wharton, Richard Wilbur, and William Carlos Williams Vintage Departures Original 8x5¼ pb [3/2003] out of print/used |
"Great American Short Stories: Edith Wharton" collection [July 2004] Edited? by Emily Hutchinson
http://www.amazon.com/Edith-Wharton-Innocence-Classic-Library/dp/1851524975/
http://www.amazon.com/Edith-Wharton-Great-American-Stories/dp/0836842561/
"The New York Stories of Edith Wharton" collection [2007]
http://www.amazon.com/Stories-Wharton-Review-Classics-ebook/dp/B004J4WNGC/
http://www.amazon.com/York-Enriched-Classics-Pocket-ebook/dp/B002XGIC4U/
http://www.amazon.com/Afterward-ebook/dp/B004GKLQDK/
Letters & Non-Fiction Works
  | "The Decoration of Houses" [1897] by Edith Wharton, with Ogden Codman, Jr. [1863-1951] This best-selling dissertation on interior design is considered a seminal work, and its success led to the emergence of professional decorators working in the manner advocated by its authors book entry at Wikipedia • Ogden Codman, Jr. entry at Wikipedia Kindle Edition from Public Domain Books [12/2012] for FREE! CreateSpace 10x7 pb [6/2017] for $6.99 CreateSpace 9x6 pb [4/2014] for $7.49 Perfect Library 9x6 pb [1/2015] for $8.75 W.W. Norton & Co. 9¼x7½ pb [7/98] for $10.94 Dover Architecture 8¾x6 pb [4/2015] for $14.99 W.W. Norton & Co. 9¼x6 pb [9/78] for $15.24 Bibliotech Press 9x6 hardcover [7/2020] for $19.95 Arthur Ross Foundation/Norton 9¾x8 hardcover [2/1997] for $20.00 Rizzoli facsimile 9¼x7 hardcover [3/2007] for $59.80 W.W. Norton & Co. 8x5 hardcover [5/78] out of print/used |
Scribner's 1897 edition [8/2007 upload] is available as free online flip-book at Internet Archive
Scribner's 1914 facsimile Kindle Edition from Dover [12/2012] for 99¢
Scribner's 1914 facsimile Cosimo Classics 9x6 hardcover [12/2008] for $26.99
Scribner's 1914 facsimile Cosimo Classics 9x6 hardcover [12/2008] for $45.09
Scribner's 1914 edition [5/2007 upload] is available as free online flip-book at Internet Archive
 | "Ogden Codman and The Decoration of Houses" [2005] Edited by Pauline C. Metcalf "This is one of those books that every architect, artist, designer, decorator, dealer, and collector should have a copy of for study and for reference." David R. Godine, Publr 11½x8½ hardcover [12/2005] for $51.45 Boston architect Ogden Codman, Jr. [1863-1951] entry at Wikipedia |
 | "Classical Principles For Modern Design: Lessons From Edith Wharton and Ogden Codman's The Decoration of Houses" [2018] by Thomas Jayne Interior designer & decorative arts historian author explians why "The Decoration of Houses" is considered to be 'the Bible of American interior design', an indispensable book on the subject, and 'the most important decorating book ever written' The Monacelli Press 10¾x9¼ hardcover [1/2018] for $50.00 |
 | "The Writing of Fiction" [essays 1925] by Edith Wharton
Scribner 8½x5½ pb [10/97] for $7.79 Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover [1925] out of print/used |
"A Backward Glance" [1934 autobiography]
http://www.amazon.com/Backward-Glance-Autobiography-Edith-Wharton/dp/0684847558/
http://www.amazon.com/A-Backward-Glance-ebook/dp/B001D202LG/
"Life & I" an autobiography that was published posthumously
"The Letters of Edith Wharton" [Nov 14, 1989] edited by R.W.B. Lewis and Nancy Lewis
http://www.amazon.com/Letters-Edith-Wharton-R-W-B-Lewis/dp/0020344007/
http://www.amazon.com/Letters-Edith-Wharton/dp/0684185857/
"Edith Wharton Abroad: Selected Travel Writings, 1888–1920" [St. Martin's Griffin 1995] Edited by Sarah Bird Wright
 | "Paris In Mind: From Mark Twain To Langston Hughes, From Saul Bellow To David Sedaris - Three Centuries of Americans Writing About Their Romance (and Frustrations) With Paris" [2003] Edited and with an Introduction by Jennifer Lee essays & excerpts by: John Adams, Jennifer Allen, Deborah Baldwin, James Baldwin, Dave Barry, Naomi Barry, Sylvia Beach, Saul Bellow, nightclub owner Bricktop, Art Buchwald, T.S. Eliot, M.F.K. Fisher, Janet Flanner, Benjamin Franklin, Ernest Hemingway, Langston Hughes, Thomas Jefferson, Stanley Karnow, Patric Kuh, A.J. Liebling, Anaïs Nin, Grant Rosenberg, David Sedaris, Irwin Shaw, Maxine Rose Shur, Gertrude Stein, Mark Twain, Edith Wharton {from "A Backward Glance"}, E.B. White Vintage Departures Original 8x5¼ pb [7/2003] for $16.00 |
 | "Edith Wharton: The Uncollected Critical Writings" [1996] Edited by Frederick Wegener Princeton Univ Press 9x6 pb [11/98] for $24.95 Princeton Univ Press 9½x6½ hardcover [12/96] for $7.95 |
"Lettres à L'Ami Français by Edith Wharton" 2 editions published in 2001 in French
collection features approximately 172 pieces of correspondence from Edith Wharton, consisting of autograph letters, notes, and postcards ...
http://www.amazon.com/My-Dear-Governess-Bahlmann-ebook/dp/B0083SO4B2/
http://www.amazon.com/French-Ways-Their-Meaning-ebook/dp/B005GLJJLO/
http://www.amazon.com/The-Decoration-Of-Houses-ebook/dp/B004R9PLWM/
http://www.amazon.com/In-Morocco-ebook/dp/B008493NL2/
Movies & Television
Edith Wharton credits [since 1918] at Internet Movie Database
browse DVDs of Edith Wharton works at Amazon
"Edith Wharton On Film and Television: A History and Filmography (PDF)" by Scott Marshall [1996]
in the Edith Wharton Review. Washington State University
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"The House of Mirth" [Metro Pictures Corp. Aug 1918] /tt0009205/ 6-reel lost film
Co-written & directed by Albert Capellani; co-written by June Mathis; based on the novel by Edith Wharton; starring Katherine Corri Harris (Barrymore),
Henry Kolker, Christine Mayo, Joseph Kilgour, Lottie Briscoe, Edward Abeles
"The Glimpses of The Moon" [Famous Players-Lasky/Paramount March 1923] /tt0014086/ 7-reel lost film
Presented by Jesse L. Lasky; directed by Allan Dwan; written by Edfrid A. Bingham, F. Scott Fitzgerald, E. Lloyd Sheldon; based on the novel by
Edith Wharton; starring Bebe Daniels, David Powell, Nita Naldi, Maurice Costello, Rubye De Remer, Charles K. Gerrard, William 'Billy' Quirk,
Pearl Sindelar, Mrs. George Peggram, Beth Allen, Dolores Costello
"The Age of Innocence" [Warner Bros. Nov 1924] /tt0014651/ 7-reel lost film
Directed by Wesley Ruggles; written by Olga Printzlau; based on the novel by Edith Wharton; starring Edith Roberts, Elliott Dexter,
Willard Louis, Fred Huntley, Gertrude Norman, Sigrid Holmquist, Beverly Bayne, Stuart Holmes
"The Marriage Playground" sound feature [Paramount Famous Lasky Corp. Dec 1929] aka "The Children of Divorce"
Presented by Jesse L. Lasky & Adolph Zukor; produced by B.P. Schulberg; directed by Lothar Mendes; written by Doris Anderson & J. Walter Ruben; based on Wharton's
novel "The Children"; starring Mary Brian, Fredric March, Lilyan Tashman, Huntley Gordon, Kay Francis, William Austin, Seena Owen, Philippe De Lacy, Anita Louise,
Mitzi Green, Billy Seay, Ruby Parsley, Donald Smith, Jocelyn Lee, Maude Turner Gordon, David Newell, Armand Kaliz, Joan Standing, Gordon De Main
Clive Brook is host & narrator of the official trailer {not found on YouTube}
watch full movie - low res, too loud [12/2014 upload; 1:15:48] online at Internet Archive
"The Age of Innocence" [R.K.O. Radio Pictures Sept 1934] /tt0024819/
An engaged attorney and a divorcee fall for each other in 1870s Manhattan • Produced by Pandro S. Berman; directed by Philip Moeller; screenplay by Sarah Y. Mason & Victor Heerman, based on the 1928 Broadway stageplay by Margaret Ayer Barnes, based on the Edith Wharton novel; music by Max Steiner; starring Irene Dunne, John Boles, Lionel Atwill, Helen Westley, Laura Hope Crews, Julie Haydon, Barry O'Moore/Herbert Yost, Theresa Maxwell Conover, Edith Van Cleve, Leonard Carey
"Strange Wives" [1934] /tt0027051/ 8-reel lost film
When a young man marries a Russian girl, he finds that he has 'married' her entire family • Produced by Stanley Bergerman; directed by Richard Thorpe; written by Gladys Unger,
James Mulhauser, Barry Trivers; based on Wharton's 1934 short story "Bread Upon The Waters"; starring Roger Pryor, June Clayworth, Esther Ralston, Hugh O'Connell, Ralph Forbes,
Cesar Romero, Francis L. Sullivan, Valerie Hobson, Leslie Fenton, Ivan Lebedeff, Doris Lloyd, Claude Gillingwater, Carrie Daumery, Walter Walker, Greta Meyer, Harry Cording,
Buster Phelps, Dickie Jones, Phyllis Brooks, Leonid Snegoff, Anne O'Neal, Robert 'Bobby' Gordon, Neal Dodd, Joseph Crehan, George Hackathorne, Olaf Hytten, Jean Fenwick,
Nicholas Kobliansky, Victor De Linsky, Harry Cornell, Ralph Brooks
"The Old Maid" [1939] /tt0031750/
The arrival of an ex-lover on a young woman's wedding day sets in motion a chain of events which will alter her and her cousin's lives forever • Produced by Hal B. Wallis; directed by Edmund Goulding; screenplay by Casey Robinson, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway stageplay by Zoë Akins and the 1924 novella by Edith Wharton; music by Max Steiner; starring Bette Davis, Miriam Hopkins, George Brent, Donald Crisp, Jane Bryan, Louise Fazenda, James Stephenson, Jerome Cowan, William Lundigan, Cecilia Loftus, Rand Brooks, Janet Shaw, William DeWolf Hopper, William A. Boardway, Sidney Bracey, Marlene Burnett, Frederick Burton, Ricardo Lord Cezon, Oliver Cross, Jack George, Sol Gorss, Winifred Harris, Stuart Holmes, Lois James, Carl M. Leviness, Doris Lloyd, Richard Neill,
Alexander Pollard, Ellinor Vanderveer, Florence Wix
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Old_Maid_(play)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Old_Maid_(1939_film)
"Ethan Frome" [Warner Bros. 1944 unproduced]
actress Joan Crawford said that one of the main reasons that she signed with Warner Bros. in 1943 was because she wanted to play the character 'Mattie'
in a proposed 1944 film version of Edith Wharton's 1911 novella "Ethan Frome"
"The Touchstone" [live TV broadcast on CBS April 1951] /tt0581393/
Season 3, episode 17 of "The Ford Theatre Hour" TV series [1948-53]
Produced by Werner Michel; directed by Franklin J. Schaffner; teleplay by Lois Jacoby & Jerome Ross, based on the 1900 short story by Edith Wharton;
starring Francis Compton, Jerome Cowan, Jacqueline deWit, Paul Kirk Giles, Larry Kerr, Paul McGrath, Margaret Sullavan, Nydia Westman
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Touchstone
http://www.archive.org/details/thetouchstone00whar
"Grey Reminder" [live TV broadcast on NBC April 1951] /tt0632300/
Season 3, episode 6 of the "Lights Out" TV series [1946-52]
Produced & directed by Herbert B. Swope, Jr.; written by Robert Henney, based on the Wharton 1931 short story "Pomegranate Seed"; technical director H.L. Folkerts;
announcer Ralph Ball; narrated by Frank Gallop; starring Beatrice Straight, John Newland, Helen/Helene Dumas, Parker McCormick
"The Customs of The Country" TV drama [live broadcast Sept 1951] /tt0744925/
Season 2, episode 1 of "The Web" TV series [CBS-TV 1950-54] starring Joseph Anthony, Anne (Marno) Bancroft, Peter Cookson, Gene Gross
"Roman Fever" [NBC-TV Aug 1952] /tt0591185/
Season 1, episode 24 of the "Goodyear Playhouse" TV series [Showcase Prodns 1951-57]
Hour-long TV episode based on Wharton's 1934 short story; produced by Fred Coe; starring Peter Brandon, Eva Le Gallienne, Edith Meiser
"Confession" [1953] /tt0586155/
Season 2, episode 8 of the "General Electric Theater" TV series [1953-62]
Co-produced by Gilbert Ralston; co-produced & directed by Arthur Ripley; based on Wharton's 1936 short story "Unconfessed Crime"; starring Andrew Armou,
Gordon Heaver, Patrick/Pat Lawless, Robert Newton, Frances Rafferty, Bud Stark, Mark Stevens, William Thunhurst Jr., Trevor Ward
"The Old Maid" [April 1954] /tt0622770/ (novel) Season 1, episode 26 of the "Kraft/Ponds TV Theater" TV series [ABC-TV 1953-55]
Produced by George Lowther; based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1935 Broadway play by Zoë Akins and the 1924 novella by Edith Wharton;
starring Janet De Gore, William 'Bill' Lundmark, Nancy Marchand, Jayne Meadows, Addison Richards, Eva Marie Saint, Eric Sinclair
"Matinee Theater" 580-episode TV series [NBC-TV 1955-58] /tt0047756/
live daily color anthology TV shows hosted by John Conte; network broadcast each day at 3:00pm Eastern Time
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC_Matinee_Theater
S1 E15 "Roman Fever" [Nov 1955] /tt1785034/
Directed by Sherman Marks; adapted by H.R. Hays; starring Carla Balenda, Irene Hervey, Claire Luce
S1 E21 "The Touchstone" [Nov 1955] /tt0643600/
Produced by George Lowther; directed by Arthur Hiller; written by Lois Jacoby & Jerome Ross, based on the 1900 short story by Edith Wharton;
starring Donald Briggs, Anthony Eustrel, Joy Lafleur, Frances Robinson, Victoria Ward
S1 E54 "The Old Maid" [Jan 1956] /tt1277316/
Produced by Albert McCleery; directed by Lamont Johnson; based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1935 Broadway play
by Zoë Akins and the 1924 novella by Edith Wharton; starring Katharine Bard, Sarah Churchill, Rhodes Reason, Karen Sharpe
S2 E6 "The Lady's Maid's Bell" [Sept 1956] /tt2479224/
teleplay by Robert Esson, based on Wharton's 1902 ghost story; starring Maureen O'Sullivan
S2 E47 "Madame de Treymes" [Nov 1956] /tt2483262/
Directed by Walter Grauman; adapted by William Templeton, based on Wharton's 1907 novella; starring Lisa Ferraday, William Hopper, Mary Anderson
S2 E56 "The House of Mirth" [Dec 1956] /tt2483372/
"The Customs of The Country" TV drama [Revue Prodns June 1957] /tt0046648/
Season 3, episode 34 of the "Studio 57" TV series [1954-58]
despite the title, this is not a Wharton-related project: a customs inspector confronts new methods of smuggling; written by Thomas Flanagan & Oscar Millard
"Ethan Frome" [CBS-TV 1960] /tt0207458/
Season 3, episode 6 of "The DuPont Show of The Month" TV series [1957-61] /tt0050013/
Produced by David Susskind; directed by Alex Segal; written by Jacqueline Babbin & Audrey (Gellen) Maas, based on Wharton's 1911 novella; narrated by
Arthur Hill; starring Sterling Hayden, Clarice Blackburn, Julie Harris, Jack Betts, Heywood Hale Broun, Philip Coolidge, Diane Deering, Roy Fant, Amanda Meigs,
Nicholas Pryor, Kim Stanley, Charles Tyner, Mary Van Fleet
"The House of Mirth" TV movie [P.B.S. Nov 1981] /tt0189588/
Season 9, episode 3 of the "Great Performances" TV series [since 1971]
Co-written & directed by Adrian Hall; co-written by Richard Cumming; based on Wharton's 1920 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel; starring William Atherton, Geraldine Chaplin, Barbara Blossom, Lois Smith, Timothy Crowe, Barbara Damashek, Virginia Donaldson, Tim Donoghue, Bree (Cavazos), Elaine Eldridge, Monique Fowler, Elizabeth Franz, Peter Gerett, Bradford Gottlin, Judith Harkness, Melanie Jones, David Kennett, Richard Kneeland, Marjorie Lee, Marguerite Lenert, Maria Manente, George Martin, Barbara Meek, Julie Pember, Margo Skinner, William E. Smith, Amy Van Nostrand, Gregory Zietlin, Ted Foley, Al Conti, Peter Gerety, Barbara Orson, David Francis Perry, Frederick Siebelts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_of_Mirth_(1981_film)
"Summer" [P.B.S. Nov 1981] /tt0083140/
Season 9, episode 4 of the "Great Performances" TV series [since 1971]
Directed by Dezsö Magyar; adapted by Charles Gaines, based on Wharton's 1917 novella; starring Diane Lane, John Cullum, Michael Ontkean, Jacqueline
Brookes, Lauralee Bruce, Jarlath Conroy, Kathryn Dowling, Edith Meiser, Pippa Pearthree, Roy Poole, William Preston, Robin Tilghman
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_(Wharton_novel)
"Shades of Darkness" anthology TV series [Granada Television/I.T.V. UK 1983-86] /tt1729107/
'An anthology of short mysterious dramas, each with a supernatural twist' - 9 hour-long episodes based on stories by Elizabeth Bowen,
Agatha Christie, Walter De La Mare, C.H.B. Kitchin, May Sinclair, and Edith Wharton
S1 E1 "The Lady's Maid's Bell" episode [May 1983] /tt0369648/
Directed by John Glenister; screenplay by Ken Taylor, based on the Wharton ghost story; starring Joanna David, June Brown, Norma West, Ian Collier,
Charlotte Mitchell, Roger Llewellyn, Harry Littlewood, Diane Whitley, Clive Duncan, Malcolm Raeburn, Bernard Atha, Alick Hayes
S1 E4 "Afterward" episode [June 1983] /tt0297710/
Directed by Simon Langton; script by Alfred Shaughnessy, based on the Wharton ghost story; starring Kate Harper, Michael J. Shannon,
Penelope Lee, John Grillo, Meg Ritchie, Rolf Saxon, William Abney, Merelina Kendall, Arthur Whybrow, Eric Francis
S1 E7 "Bewitched" episode [July 1983] /tt0088798/
Directed by John Gorrie & Edmund Oboler; screenplay by Alan Plater, based on the Wharton ghost story; starring Eileen Atkins,
Alfred Burke, Ray Smith, Gareth Thomas, Alfred Lynch, Mary Healey, Martyn Hesford, Mary Jo Randle
"The Children" [Channel Four Films 1990] /tt0099255/
Directed by Tony Palmer; written by Edward Michie & Timberlake Wertenbaker; plot is greatly revised from the novel by Edith Wharton; starring Ben Kingsley, Kim Novak, Siri Neal, Geraldine Chaplin, Joe Don Baker, Britt Ekland, Donald Sinden, Karen Black, Robert Stephens, Rupert Graves, Terence Rigby, Marie Helvin, Rosemary Leach, Mark Asquith, Anouk Fontaine, Ian Hawkes, Eileen Hawkes, Hermione Eyre, Edward Michie, Anne Clements, Martine Diotalevi, Lola Müthel, Else Quecke, Brook Williams
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Children_(1990_film)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5Nz49hXqEg 1.43
"Ethan Frome" [American Playhouse/BBC March 1993] /tt0106833/
Location filming in Vermont; directed by John Madden; written by Richard Nelson, based on the 1911 novella by Edith Wharton; starring Liam Neeson, Patricia Arquette,
Gil Rood, Tate Donovan, Stephen Mendillo, Phil Garran, Virginia Smith, Annie Nessen, Katharine Houghton, Marcie Vaughan, Burt Porter, Rusty De Wees, Paul Donlon,
Joan Allen, Robert Nutt, David Dellinger, W. Clark Noyes, Howard Boardman, Deborah Bremer, George Woodard, Tom Todoroff, Jay Goede, Debbon Ayer, Rob Campbell,
Louise De Cormier, Edsel Hughes, Dennis Mienter, Darri Johnson, Patty Smith, Alexis del Banco, R.W. Martin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethan_Frome_(film)
http://www.amazon.com/Ethan-Frome-Liam-Neeson/dp/B093RPHWNX/
"The Age of Innocence" [1993] /tt0106226/
Co-written & directed by Martin Scorsese; co-written by Jay Cocks, based on the 1920 Edith Wharton novel; cinematography by Michael Ballhaus; music by Elmer Bernstein; narrated by Joanne Woodward; starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder, Mary Beth Hurt, Stuart Wilson, Richard E. Grant, Alec McCowen, Geraldine Chaplin, Howard Erskine, John McLoughlin, Christopher Nilsson, Miriam Margolyes {won BAFTA Award}, Siân Phillips, Carolyn Farina, Michael Gough, Alexis Smith, Kevin Sanders, W.B. Brydon, Tracey Ellis, Cristina Pronzati, Clement Fowler, Norman Lloyd, Cindy Katz, Thomas Gibson, Jonathan Pryce, June Squibb, Domenica Cameron-Scorsese, Mac Orange, Brian Davies, Thomas Barbour, Henry Fehren, Patricia Dunnock, Robert Sean Leonard, Tamasin Day-Lewis, Catherine Scorsese, Charles Scorsese, Martin Scorsese {cameo}, Kevin Ash, Susan Lynn Bragg, Pasquale Cajano, Tanya Carrasco, John Maczko, Michael Trout, Zoë the dog
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Age_of_Innocence_(1993_film)
"The Buccaneers" TV mini-series
[BBC-TV Feb-March 1995, WGBH-TV/PBS Oct 1995]
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Four American girls go to England to find husbands • Co-produced & directed by Philip Saville; written by Maggie Wadey, based on the 1938 unfinished Edith Wharton novel; starring Carla Gugino, Alison Elliott, Mira Sorvino, Rya Kihlstedt, Dinsdale Landen, Cherie Lunghi, Greg Wise, Sophie Dix, Rosemary Leach, Ronan Vibert, James Frain, Mark Tandy, Sheila Hancock, Michael Kitchen, Richard Huw, Sienna Guillory, Emily Hamilton, Jenny Agutter, Vicky Blake, Matt Patresi, Peter Michael Goetz, Connie Booth, Bev Willis, Gwen Humble, Alister Cameron, Gresby Nash, Diana Blackburn, Margery Withers, Conchata Ferrell, Elizabeth Ashley, James Rebhorn, Stephen Billington, E. Katherine Kerr, William Tapley, Richard Cubison, Martin Milman, Stephen Reynolds, David Neilson, Roger Brierley, Lloyd McGuire, Karen Ascoe, Christopher Owen, Alberto Ginelli, Jimmy Stanley, Mark Chapman, Joan Quinn Eastman
full credits at IMDb • miniseries entry at Wikipedia |
 | "The Buccaneers" B.B.C. 'Masterpiece Theatre' tie-in edition [1995] by Edith Wharton, Maggie Wadey & Angela Mackworth-Young A companion book to the BBC series was revised and completed by Angela Mackworth-Young, based on the screenplay written by Maggie Wadey from the 1938 unfinished novel Viking hardcover [10/95] for $15.95 |
S1 E2 "Conquest" [aired 12 Feb 1995] /tt1250320/
S1 E3 "Ambush" [aired 19 Feb 1995] /tt1250318/
S1 E4 "Capture" [aired 26 Feb 1995] /tt1250319/
S1 E5 "Plunder" [aired 4 or 5 March 1995] /tt1250322/
S1 E6 "When Nan" {??} [aired 5 March 1995] /tt14039854/
watch 5 episodes on Amazon Prime via BritBox
http://www.amazon.com/The-Buccaneers-Episode-2/dp/B01738RSX8/
on Blu-ray [8/00] for $0.00
DVD [8/00] for $0.00
VHS [8/00] for $0.00
"Passion's Way" TV movie [1999] /tt0119998/
Co-produced & directed by Robert Allan Ackerman; co-produced & teleplay by William Hanley; based on Wharton's 1912 novel "The Reef"; starring Sela Ward, Timothy Dalton, Alicia Witt, Jamie Glover, Cynthia Harris, Leslie Caron, Hannah Taylor Gordon, Rupert Frazer, Jane Bertish, Robert Russell, Lori Wyant, Marcos Márquez
"The House of Mirth" [Granada Film/FilmFour UK Oct 2000, Sony Pictures Classics Dec 2000] /tt0200720/
145-minute feature film written & directed by Terence Davies, based on Wharton's 1920 novel; starring Gillian Anderson, Dan Aykroyd, Eleanor Bron, Terry Kinney, Anthony LaPaglia, Laura Linney, Jodhi May, Elizabeth McGovern, Eric Stoltz, Penny Downie, Pearce Quigley, Helen Coker, Mary MacLeod, Paul Venables, Serena Gordon, Lorelei King, Linda Marlowe, Anne Marie Timoney, Clare Higgins, Ralph Riach, Brian Pettifer, Philippe De Grossouvre, Trevor Martin, David Ashton, Lesley Harcourt, Mark Dymond, Pamela Dwyer, Kate Wooldridge, Graham Crammond, Roy Sampson, Alyxis Daly, Piper Anderson-Klotz, Paul Darroch, Nick Smith
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_of_Mirth_(2000_film)
"Edith Wharton's Ethan Frome" comedy {sic} short [Periods Films Feb 2010]
Executive producers Helena Lukas, Meribeth Ortega, Alan Segal; co-written & directed by Victor Quinaz; co-produced & co-written by A.M. (Anna Martemucci) Lukas; based on the 1911 novella by Edith Wharton; co-produced & cinematography by and starring Giovanni P. Autran; also starring Philip Quinaz, Alison Fyhrie, Lauren Weisstein & {co-producer} Yamin Segal
watch full 2/2010 short film [6:10] online at YouTube
"Life" short film [2011] /tt1783333/
3-minute animated short co-produced by John G. Rodwan Jr.; co-produced, directed & animated by Nancy J. Rodwan;
appears to be claymation visuals while Cheri Stuller reads Edith Wharton's poem "Life"
"Roman Fever" short film [CinemaStone 2014] /tt3256232/
23-minute color short; location filming in Umbria, Italy; co-produced by Rod McShane, Barbara Stone & Jordan Stone (CinemaStone Prodns), Naomi Tate; co-produced, written & directed by Derek Coutts; based on the 1934 short story Edith Wharton; cinematography by Mark Melville; starring Naomi Sorkin, Kathryn Worth, Monia Nardi, Alberto Cenci Goga
watch full 10/2013 short film [6:10] online at Vimeo
"The Custom of The Country" [Sony Pictures TV - in development?] not listed on IMDb
Announced 10/2014: Scarlett Johansson is signed on to star in an 8-episode TV mini-series adaptation of Edith Wharton's 1913 novel
"The Custom of The Country"; Johansson will also executive-produce for Sony Pictures TV.
"Elles Étaient en Guerre, 1914-1918 (They were at war)" aka "Women At War" [France 3 TV - aired 17 Oct 2016] /tt4180082/
Season 1, episode 5 of the "Lundi en Histoires" 94-episode French documentary TV series [Sept 2014 - June 2017] /tt5281652/
Produced by Fabrice Coat & Christine Doublet; co-written & co-directed by Fabien Beziat & Hugues Nancy; narrated by Nathalie Baye; featuring silent archive footage of
Edith Wharton, Louise Bodin, Emmeline Pankhurst, Marguerite Durand, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Tsar Nicholas II, Rosa Luxemburg, Jean Jaurès, Blanche Maupas, Théophile Maupas, Marguerite de Witt-Schlumberger, physicist Maria Sklodowska-Curie, daughter Irène Joliot-Curie, Louise Thuliez, Marie de Croÿ, Edith Cavell, Gabrielle Petit, Louise de Bettignies, Sarah Bernhardt, Anne Tracy Morgan, Anna Coleman Ladd, Mata Hari, Hélène Brion
VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • French-language series entry at Wikipedia
watch 5/2017 colorized French-language trailer [2:43] at YouTube
"Bunner Sisters" TV movie [Sagacity Prodns - filming in late 2021] /tt6617744/
Co-produced by Bonnie Silva; co-produced, written & directed by Russ Barry; based on Wharton's 1916 novella; starring Meredith Murray, Hannah Heckman-McKenna, Harry Aspinwall, Ellen Levenson, John Swanson, Michael G. Sayers, Rebecca Silva, Drew DeSimone, Laurence Hastings
"The Custom of The Country" TV mini-series [Apple TV+ - in pre-production] /tt4106284/
Cunning and attractive Undine Spragg rises to the top of New York City's high society at the start of the XXth Century •
Written & directed by Sophia Coppola; based on Wharton's 1913 novel
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