The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton | Resources

The House of Mirth Further Reading

Dwight, Eleanor, Edith Wharton, An Extraordinary Life, Harry N. Abrams, 1994.

This work is an overview of the life and times of
Wharton. It includes personal correspondence and
photographs.

Bloom, Harold, ed., Edith Wharton, Chelsea House, 1986.

Bloom offers a collection of critical essays on the
works of Wharton.

Lewis, R. W. B., Edith Wharton, A Biography, Harper & Row, 1975.

Lewis provides a comprehensive work about the life
and literature of Wharton.

Lewis, R. W. B., and Nancy Lewis, eds., Collected Letters of Edith Wharton, Scribner's, 1989.

This important collection of annotated letters provides
four hundred of Wharton's letters.

McDowell, Margaret B., Edith Wharton, Twayne Publishers, 1991.

McDowell's text is a critical overview of Wharton's
writing.

Nevius, Blake, Edith Wharton: A Study of Her Fiction, University of California Press, 1953.

Nevius discounts prevailing critical thought and presents
insightful...
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