Edith Wharton and Brooke Astor grew up more than a generation apart, and although they never met, their lives seem to touch. Both were grandes dames who hobnobbed with presidents (Wharton with Teddy ...

Edith Wharton, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author famous for novels set in the late 19th century, also wrote an influential book on interior design, long considered a sort of bible of American decorating ...

During Edith Wharton's well-travelled life, the American writer crossed the Atlantic an impressive 66 times. Now, after many months of negotiations, her extensive library is to cross the Atlantic ...

On a short winter day, Edith Wharton is writing a novel. She has recently come to this light stone or stucco house in a row of houses, on a tree-lined street a few miles north of Paris. The French ...

In 1911, Edith Wharton found herself stuck at the Belmont Hotel in Midtown Manhattan. Her life was stagnant. She was at the beginning of her divorce from Teddy Wharton. They were at the Belmont, ...

In his new book, Thomas Jayne argues that Wharton’s fundamental ideas about proportion and the planning of space still create the most harmonious and livable interiors, whether traditional or ...

Some early readers found it old-fashioned, but a century after publication it’s a good moment to check how the novel has earned its classic reputation For this month’s reading group, we’re going to ...

If a book is good, does it matter how we feel about the author? Likeable writers regularly create abhorrent characters, but can the same be said of the opposite? In this week’s Anniversary Issue, ...