Edith Wharton

Ethan Frome, a poor, downtrodden New England farmer, is trapped in a loveless marriage to his invalid wife...

Countess Olenska, separated from her European husband, returns to old New York society....

Newland Archer is a young lawyer, a member of New York’s high society, and engaged to be married to May Welland....

Miss Mary Pask is the story of a young man who calls in on the sister of his best friend's wife while he is travelling in Brittany where she lives.....

In The Custom of the Country, Wharton’s scathing social commentary is on full display through the beautiful and manipulative Undine Spragg....

Beautiful, sophisticated and endlessly ambitious Lily Bart endeavours to climb the social ladder of New York's elite by securing a good match and living beyond her means....

Selected Shorts is an award-winning series of classic and contemporary short fiction read by acclaimed actors....

Unlike the other arts, American literature has been a powerful, influential, and leading aspect of American culture....

Among her most popular and terrifying tales are the many masterly ghost stories which she wrote in her early career. This selection presents six of her best tales....

Set deep in the remote countryside of Massachusetts, New England, in a world of small-town prejudice, pettiness and rural poverty, the story of Ethan Frome explores the crippling marriage of a young man to an older woman and his love for her vibrant young cousin, Mattie....

A BBC radio collection of full-cast dramatisations, bringing together Edith Wharton’s most popular and best-loved works....

A challenge to the moral climate of the day, The Reef follows the fancies of George Darrow, a young diplomat en route from London to France, intent on proposing to the widowed Anna Leath....

A spectacular collection of outstanding half-hour short stories...perfect for commuters or bedtime listening....

In Morocco is Edith Wharton's remarkable account of her journey to that country during World War I....

Inside this bundle, you’ll find three stories which established Edith Wharton as a literary legend. Originally written over a hundred years ago, these stories have stood the test of time to resonate in the hearts of people to this very day....

A wonderful collection of 50 of the best classic ghost stories ever written....

‘Bunner Sisters’ explores the lives of the impoverished class in 1870s New York. Sisters Ann Eliza and Evelina run a small shop out of...

A ghostly presence in “The Lady’s Maid’s Bell” desires revenge against a tyrannical husband. In “Mr. Jones”, Lady Jane Lynke inherits an estate unexpectedly, and can’t make sense of how to manage the servants - especially since the caretaker has been dead for decades, but keeps giving orders....

Burdened by poverty and spiritually dulled by a loveless marriage to Zeena, his older and ailing wife, Ethan Frome is emotionally stirred by the arrival of their youthful cousin, Mattie Silver....

A gripping collection of outstanding American classic short stories by some of America's greatest writers....