This is the official site of the National Portrait Gallery's exhibit entitled "Edith Wharton's World: Portraits of People and Places." It contains some information about Wharton's life and career and reproductions of the paintings in the...

This site, which is presented by the Wharton Society at Washington State University, offers bibliographies of Wharton's works and of works about her writing, an index of the journal the "Edith Wharton Review," links to many related...

This is the full text of the novel Ethan Frome by Pulitzer Prize-winner Edith Wharton. The novel is set in the cold, gray, bleakness of a New England winter. Ethan Frome is an isolated farmer trying to scrape out a meager living while...

This site, presented by a professor at Washington State University, provides information on Wharton's life and career and pictures of Wharton and locations important in her life and writings.

Discover more about the life and work of the author Edith Wharton when you visit this resource. This site features several links to lesson plans, biographical information, teaching guides, reviews, and more.

A good informational site on Edith Wharton. Includes general information about her life, works, and writings, including The Age of Innocence and Ethan Frome. Also includes links to other sites.

This site provides links to the full text of 6 novels and 12 short stories by Edith Wharton.

If you need to get a handle on what's important in some of Wharton's major works, this site will be helpful. Summaries and questions are contributed by Wharton Society members from various universities.

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...

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.

Black and white photograph of American novelist Edith Wharton, taken by Zaida Ben-Yusuf.

"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.

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...

A twelve-part learning module with links to images, slides, texts, websites, videos, and quizzes to use while reading Edith Wharton's Ethan Frome.

Written by Edith Wharton, Ethan Frome is a fascinating novella that is looked at in depth in this interesting and informative site.

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.

This unit revolves around various social realist authors during the Gilded Age in America. Click the tabs for the list of authors, timeline, video and activities.

Alluding to a famous Hawthorne quote, "Scribbling Women" is collection of dramatized stories written by American female authors. Some resources may require a free membership.

Provides an excellent model of a novel analysis. Using Edith Wharton's "Ethan Frome," this essay provides good commentary and style, as well as helpful notations and aids for student improvement and understanding. Requires Adobe Reader....

Background, classroom activity suggestions, and chapter summaries are all included in this 4 page .pdf guide.

Published in 1905 this novel portrays the life of a young woman in her hunt for a rich husband. Read about the main characters, their themes and interesting quotations in this outstanding site.

Wikipedia overview in Spanish of American literature from its roots to contemporary authors and themes. This entry is a broad sweep -- no era is covered in depth but it's a helpful "big picture" view for Spanish-speaking students, with...

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...