Bloom, Harold, ed. Edith Wharton, New York: Chelsea House, 1986.

A collection of critical essays on the works of Wharton.

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

An overview of the life and times of Wharton. Includes personal correspondence and photographs.

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

A comprehensive work about the life and literature of Wharton.

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

A critical overview of Wharton's writing.

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

Discounts prevailing critical thought and presents insightful criticism of Wharton's work.

Wharton, Edith. Collected Letters of Edith Wharton, edited by R. W. B. Lewis and Nancy Lewis, New York: Scribner's, 1989.

Collection of 400 annotated Wharton's letters.

Wolff, Cynthia Griffin. A Feast of Words: The Triumph of Edith Wharton, New York: Oxford University...