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Short Stories

Works by Edith Wharton (1862-1937)
An Edith Wharton Chronology (includes more exact dates of publication)
Edith Wharton's stories with original dates of publication

For information on films made from Edith Wharton's works, go to the Edith Wharton Filmography.
All links to the U Virginia site have been updated as of 5/27/13.

  • Collected Short Stories of Edith Wharton, Vols. 1 and 2

    The following presents the stories in the order listed in R. W. B. Lewis's Collected Short Stories of Edith Wharton, Vols. 1 and 2. Barbara White writes that Wharton published 85 stories (see p. xiii and p. 77) during her career ( she leaves out "Les Metteurs en Scene," which is a version of "The Introducers"); Lewis states that Wharton wrote 86 stories during her lifetime (vii) but does not include "Bunner Sisters" in this set, since he apparently considers it a novella. It was published in Xingu (1916) and thus is included here. This list includes all the stories, even those not available online.

    For literary criticsm on these stories, see the "Secondary Sources on Wharton's Short Stories" bibliography and the individual bibliographies (below)

    Uncollected Stories 1891-1896 (5 stories)

    "Mrs. Manstey's View" (Virginia .html)
    "The Fulness of Life" (MOA)
    "The Lamp of Psyche"     (MOA)
    "That Good May Come" (MOA) (Virginia)
    "The Valley of Childish Things, and Other Emblems" (1896)

    The Greater Inclination (1899) (8 stories) (1916 edition; Page images at Google Books) (For exact dates of first publication, go to this page.)

    • Early Uncollected Stories (1900) (3 stories) (For exact dates of first publication, go to this page.)

    Crucial Instances (1901) (Page images at Google Books) (7 stories) (For exact dates of first publication, go to this page.)

    The Descent of Man, and Other Stories (1904) (page images at Google Books) (9 stories) (For exact dates of first publication, go to this page.)

    Uncollected Stories 1904-1908 (4 stories) (For exact dates of first publication, go to this page.)

    The Hermit and the Wild Woman and Other Stories (1908). (page images at Google Books) (7 stories) (For exact dates of first publication, go to this page.)

    Tales of Men and Ghosts (1910) (page images at Google Books) (10 stories) (For exact dates of first publication, go to this page.)

    The Greater Inclination and The Touchstone (1914 edition) (Google Books)

    Xingu and Other Stories (1916) (Page Images at Google Books) (8 stories) (For exact dates of first publication, go to this page.)

    Uncollected Story (1 story)

    "Writing a War Story" (1919)

    Here and Beyond (1926) (Readers outside the US can find this work at http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0606991h.html.) (6 stories) (For exact dates of first publication, go to this page.)

  • Miss Mary Pask Ghost Stories Bibliography
  • The Young Gentlemen Ghost Stories Bibliography
  • Bewitched Ghost Stories Bibliography
  • "The Seed of the Faith" (Scribner's Magazine, 1919)
  • The Temperate Zone
  • Velvet Ear Pads

    • Certain People (1930) (Readers outside the U.S. can access the book from the link here: http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupid?key=olbp31518) (6 stories) (For exact dates of first publication, go to this page.)

  • Atrophy
  • A Bottle of Perrier
  • After Holbein
  • Dieu d'Amour
  • "The Refugees" (1919)
  • Mr. Jones Ghost Stories Bibliography

    • Human Nature (1933) (5 stories) (For exact dates of first publication, go to this page.)

    • Her Son
    • The Day of the Funeral
    • A Glimpse
    • Joy in the House
    • Diagnosis
    The World Over (1936) (7 stories)  
    Charm Incorporated  
    Pomegranate Seed *Ghost Stories Bibliography
    Permanent Wave  
    Confession  
    Roman Fever Excerpts from criticism * Bibliography
    The Looking Glass  
    Duration  

    Ghosts (1937) )(1 new story)

    • "All Souls" (new in this collection; the rest are reprinted from earlier collections)
    • "The Eyes"
    • "Afterward" (from 1910; original magazine version at U Virginia)
    • "The Lady's Maid's Bell"
    • "Kerfol"
    • "The Triumph of Night"
    • "Miss Mary Pask,"
    • "Bewitched"
    • "Mr. Jones"
    • "Pomegranate Seed"
    • "A Bottle of Perrier"
    • Contemporary reviews of Edith Wharton's works are available online at the University of Virginia E-text Center.

    The University of Virginia Text Center has made available free versions of Wharton's stories, poems, and novels for PalmOS devices and Microsoft E-books Readers.