"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Edith Wharton's legacy and impact is still unfolding to this day. With The Buccaneers, new audiences may ...

In the opening pages of “The Buccaneers,” Edith Wharton’s novel about American heiresses of the 1870s looking to marry Englishmen with titles, Mrs. St. George, the mother of the central character, ...

Take a road trip across this mountainous region of western Massachusetts, popping into breweries, art galleries and pizzerias, as its landscape erupts in autumnal glory. By Lauren Matison Anthony ...

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, ...

This undated photo provided by The Monacelli Press shows a photograph of a New York apartment featured in the book "Classical Principles for Modern Design: Lessons From Edith Wharton and Ogden ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Edith Wharton's legacy and impact is still unfolding to this day. Wharton's first published novella was ...

Had James W. Tuttleton attempted to verify his allegations about me in his zealous defense of R.W.B. Lewis (March 1989), he would have discovered the inaccuracy of his assumptions about my work on ...

Test your knowledge of novels written during (or about) this memorable era of American history. By J. D. Biersdorfer Craving More of ‘The Gilded Age’? Read These Books Next. If you’re reeling after ...