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Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery: Edith Wharton's: Portraits of People & Places
This is the official site of the National Portrait Gallery's exhibit entitled "Edith Wharton's World: Portraits of People and Places." It contains some information about Wharton's life and career and reproductions of the paintings in the...
Washington State University
Washington State University: The Edith Wharton Society
This site, which is presented by the Wharton Society at Washington State University, offers bibliographies of Wharton's works and of works about her writing, an index of the journal the "Edith Wharton Review," links to many related...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
This is the full text of the novel Ethan Frome by Pulitzer Prize-winner Edith Wharton. The novel is set in the cold, gray, bleakness of a New England winter. Ethan Frome is an isolated farmer trying to scrape out a meager living while...
Washington State University
Washington State University: Edith Wharton Society: A Life in Pictures and Text
This site, presented by a professor at Washington State University, provides information on Wharton's life and career and pictures of Wharton and locations important in her life and writings.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Edith Wharton
Discover more about the life and work of the author Edith Wharton when you visit this resource. This site features several links to lesson plans, biographical information, teaching guides, reviews, and more.
C-SPAN
American Writers: Edith Wharton & the Gilded Age Writers
A good informational site on Edith Wharton. Includes general information about her life, works, and writings, including The Age of Innocence and Ethan Frome. Also includes links to other sites.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Edith Wharton
This site provides links to the full text of 6 novels and 12 short stories by Edith Wharton.
Washington State University
Washington State University: Edith Wharton Society: Summaries & Discussion Questions for Wharton's Works
If you need to get a handle on what's important in some of Wharton's major works, this site will be helpful. Summaries and questions are contributed by Wharton Society members from various universities.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Literature Library: "Ethan Frome" Study Guide [Pdf]
This study guide for Edith Wharton's "Ethan Frome" provides pre-reading material (author biography, novel setting, vocabulary lists), brainstorming activities, and writing prompts. Students who have completed reading the novel can...
National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment of the Arts: The Big Read: The Age of Innocence
Guide to Edith Wharton's, The Age of Innocence, with historical information, author biography, discussion questions, and a ten-lesson unit of study including discussion activities, homework assignments, project ideas, and essay topics.
Curated OER
National Portrait Gallery: Zaida Ben Yusuf: Edith Wharton: Photo
Black and white photograph of American novelist Edith Wharton, taken by Zaida Ben-Yusuf.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Verdict
"The Verdict" by Edith Wharton is a short story that essentially questions what makes art good or bad. Read the full text on this site.
University of Virginia
University of Virginia: The Valley of Decision
This e-text from the University of Virginia's e-text library provides a contemporary (1902) review of Edith Wharton's "The Valley of Decision" by Frederick Taber Cooper. The review originally appeared in Cooper's book "Nine Books of Some...
TES Global
Blendspace: E3: Novel Ethan Frome
A twelve-part learning module with links to images, slides, texts, websites, videos, and quizzes to use while reading Edith Wharton's Ethan Frome.
Shmoop University
Shmoop: Ethan Frome
Written by Edith Wharton, Ethan Frome is a fascinating novella that is looked at in depth in this interesting and informative site.
Curated OER
Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Ma: The Mount (Edith Warton Estate)
Designed by writer Edith Wharton (1862-1937) and built in 1902, The Mount is where she wrote the bestselling novel The House of Mirth. It is now a house museum.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Class Consciousness in American Literature
This unit revolves around various social realist authors during the Gilded Age in America. Click the tabs for the list of authors, timeline, video and activities.
NC State University
Scribbling Women: American Female Authors
Alluding to a famous Hawthorne quote, "Scribbling Women" is collection of dramatized stories written by American female authors. Some resources may require a free membership.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: Grade 11: Analyzing a Novel [Pdf]
Provides an excellent model of a novel analysis. Using Edith Wharton's "Ethan Frome," this essay provides good commentary and style, as well as helpful notations and aids for student improvement and understanding. Requires Adobe Reader....
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: Guide to Ethan Frome [Pdf]
Background, classroom activity suggestions, and chapter summaries are all included in this 4 page .pdf guide.
Shmoop University
Shmoop: House of Mirth
Published in 1905 this novel portrays the life of a young woman in her hunt for a rich husband. Read about the main characters, their themes and interesting quotations in this outstanding site.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Literatura De Los Estados Unidos
Wikipedia overview in Spanish of American literature from its roots to contemporary authors and themes. This entry is a broad sweep -- no era is covered in depth but it's a helpful "big picture" view for Spanish-speaking students, with...
New York University
Nyu: Literature, Arts and Medicine Database
NYU's Literature, Arts and Medicine Database is a collection of writings, art and film that encompass the medical humanities. Full texts of fiction, poetry, drama and nonfiction are available, as well as artworks and film clips. Summary...