Edith Wharton

The Ultimate Classics Collection: Volume Two is the second instalment of our wide-ranging classic collections. Volume Two features 13 essential classic novels from Jane Austen; Edith Wharton; Leo Tolstoy; D.H. Lawrence, and many more.

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....

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

Edith Wharton's spellbinding final novel tells a story of love in the gilded age that crosses the boundaries of society.

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

The story follows the life of Tina, a young woman caught between the mother who adopted her - the beautiful, upstanding Delia - and her true mother, her plain, unmarried ‘aunt’ Charlotte....

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

Twelve dramatisations of the best love stories ever written, performed by star casts. Treat yourself to this stunning collection of classic stories of love, loss, obstacles overcome and desperate attraction.

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

The Cities Classics Collection: London, Paris, New York allows you to step into the vibrant streets of three of the world's most iconic cities through a carefully curated collection of literary masterpieces.

The American Classics Collection: Volume II is a century-spanning collection of 15 classic novels, short stories, essay, and poetry by American authors, read by a cast of incredible narrators including Adam Sims; Nathan Osgood; Robert G. Slade; Jonathan Keeble, Katherine Fenton; and more.

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

Wealthy young American girls visit England and lay siege to the hearts of members of the nobility. This last, unfinished novel of Edith Wharton's is witty, romantic and very perceptive....

Spanning four decades in the mid-19th century, the interconnected novellas of Old New York lay out in vivid detail the complex and inscrutable codes, customs, and taboos of New York society in classic Wharton style....

Single-minded and spoilt, Undine Spragg arrives in New York determined to procure for herself a social status to match her family’s wealth. Ambition, greed and an arresting beauty soon secure her path to marriage...and also to divorce....

A thoroughly engaging collection of great classic tales by the very best American authors....

Wharton's most erotic and lyrical novel, Summer explores a daring theme for 1917....

When Newland Archer, happily engaged to May Welland, meets his fiancée's cousin Ellen, his entire future is cast into doubt....

Ethan Frome is a luckless farmer trapped in a loveless marriage to his domineering wife Zeena. When her cousin Mattie comes to stay with them, she brings much more into their home than just her suitcase....

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....