Edith Wharton's Writings from the Great War

An examination of Edith Wharton’s works from World War I, reclaiming Wharton as a “Great War” writer

Edith Wharton resided in France during World War I, visiting combat zones and hospitals and working tirelessly with refugee and children’s relief organizations. In magazines and newspapers such as the New York Times, Saturday Evening Post, and Scribner’s, she wrote prodigiously about the war—dispatches, feature articles, and poems. During this time she also completed a number of short stories...