Edith Wharton

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

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....

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

Newland Archer, a promising lawyer, is resigned to settling for a quiet life with his fiancée, May Welland, a lovely but entirely conventional young woman.

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

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.

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

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

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....

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

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....

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

Beneath the brilliance that was behind The Age of Innocence and Ethan Frome was a dark side....

Although she desires a comfortable life and has received generous proposals from wealthy suitors, Lily remains single with hope for an honest and loving marriage....

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

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....

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

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....

A BBC chilling collection of classic gothic horror and ghost stories adapted or written by women....