Audiobooks by Edith Wharton

Penned in 1899 by Edith Wharton, this short story features the proper Mrs. Carstyle, her husband Mr. Carstyle, and their daughter Irene who are all are taken with their guest and an eligible bachelor named Vibart. Narrator John Chancer is a film and television actor with professional readings of many audiobooks to his credit.

Edith Wharton (Author), John Chancer (Narrator)

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A Son At The Front

Wharton's antiwar masterpiece probes the devastation of World War I on the home front. Inspired by a young man Edith Wharton met during her war relief work in France, A Son at the Front opens in Paris on July 30, 1914, as Europe totters on the brink of war. Expatriate American painter John Campton-whose only son, George, having been born in Paris, must report for duty in the French army-struggles to keep his son away from the front while grappling with the moral implications of his actions. Interweaving her own experiences of the Great War with themes of parental and filial love, art and self-sacrifice, national loyalties and class privilege, A Son at the Front is a poignant meditation on art and possession, fidelity and responsibility in which Wharton tells an intimate and captivating story of war behind the lines.

Edith Wharton (Author), Richard Poe (Narrator)

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Afterward

Edith Wharton (1862-1937) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist and short story writer. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1927, 1928 and 1930. Among her most popular and terrifying tales are the many masterly ghost stories which she wrote in her early career. Afterward is a dramatic story of the most mysterious ghost of all. When Ned and Mary Boyne move to a remote and unrenovated manor house in Dorsetshire, their list of desired features includes a resident ghost. Their friend Alida Stair confirms that there is indeed a ghost, but "you will never know it until long, long afterward." Ned and Mary keep a look out for the ghost at first, but there is no sign of it. Or is there? As the foundations of their comfortable and prosperous life slowly begin to crumble, the import of a figure they once fleetingly glimpsed on the driveway begins to dawn. And then a strange and very terrible event takes place ...

Edith Wharton (Author), Cathy Dobson (Narrator)

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Afterward

How do you know if you've seen a ghost? Maybe you'll never know. But an American couple seeking an idyllic retirement in and English country house do find out... eventually. Afterward is taken from the Victorian Anthologies series featuring short stories by classic writers of the spooky, the scary and the supernatural. Guaranteed to give you the shivers, each collection includes familiar and loved creepy tales as well as those less well-known. With music by Benedict Edwards.

Edith Wharton (Author), Leonora Haig (Narrator)

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Age Of Innocence

A full-cast dramatisation of Edith Wharton's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about a passionate love affair which breaks all the rules of the restrictive high society of 1870s New York. In the exclusive world of upper-class New York, in which attendance at balls and dinner passes for occupation, Newland Archer anticipates his marriage to May Welland, a beautiful young girl from a suitable family 'who knows nothing and expects everything'. Into this well-ordered community May's cousin, the captivating and exotic Countess Olenska, arrives. She has returned from Europe after the collapse of her marriage and alternately enchants and outrages New York society with her cosmopolitan lifestyle. Newland is sympathetic to her escape from a loveless marriage, and as his sympathy deepens into love he not only gains insight into the brutality of society's treatment of women, but also discovers the real anguish of loving outside its rules. Dramatised by Jane Rogers, starring Andrew Wincott and Susanne Bertish.

Edith Wharton (Author), , Andrew Wincott, Full Cast, Susanne Bertish (Narrator)

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All Souls'

Edith Wharton (1862-1937) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist and short story writer. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1927, 1928 and 1930. "All Souls' " is a creepy hallowe'en story about a woman who lives with her servants in a remote house in Conneticut. One weekend at the end of October she has an accident and breaks her ankle... and then follows the most terrifying and mysterious thirty-six hours of her life.

Edith Wharton (Author), Cathy Dobson (Narrator)

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B. J. Harrison Reads Afterward

'You won't know till afterward. You won't know till long, long afterward.' When Ned and Mary Boyne hear that their new house is haunted, they laugh it off and joke that every good house in the countryside must have a ghost for it to be worth purchasing. They move in and forget all about its supposed supernatural quirks. But when Mary notices a strange change in her husband's behaviour, she begins to suspect a not so friendly ghost is indeed at play. 'Afterward' is a chilling and disturbing short story that starts out on a happy note and then slowly unravels. It's made all the more haunting by Edith Wharton's impeccable prose. B. J. Harrison started his Classic Tales Podcast back in 2007, wanting to breathe new life into classic stories. He masterfully plays with a wide array of voices and accents and has since then produced over 500 audiobooks. Now in collaboration with SAGA Egmont, his engaging narration of these famous classics is available to readers everywhere. Edith Wharton was an American author and designer, born into New York City's high society. She is best known for her novel 'The Age of Innocence' (1920) and for being the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Literature.

Edith Wharton (Author), B. J. Harrison (Narrator)

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B. J. Harrison Reads The Descent of Man

'I tell you there's nothing the public likes as much as convictions – they'll always follow a man who believes in his own ideas. And this book is just on the line of popular interest.' Professor Linyard is a man of science. And when he writes a book to great acclaim in which he takes the side of religion, he fully expects the satire to be understood. But when it's taken at face value, he goes along with it to better provide for his family. Is Professor Linyard a sellout or merely a good provider? 'The Descent of Man' is a brilliant short story by Edith Wharton that leaves it to the reader to finds the answers. B. J. Harrison started his Classic Tales Podcast back in 2007, wanting to breathe new life into classic stories. He masterfully plays with a wide array of voices and accents and has since then produced over 500 audiobooks. Now in collaboration with SAGA Egmont, his engaging narration of these famous classics is available to readers everywhere. Edith Wharton was an American author and designer, born into New York City's high society. She is best known for her novel 'The Age of Innocence' (1920) and for being the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Literature.

Edith Wharton (Author), B. J. Harrison (Narrator)

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B. J. Harrison Reads The Eyes

'Phil, my dear boy, really -- what's the matter? Why don't you answer? Have you seen the eyes?' An older gentleman invites a group of friends over for dinner and to discuss the supernatural. Afterwards, when only two guests remain, he tells them a story about The Eyes, about a man who is repeatedly haunted at night by a pair of grotesque eyes floating over the foot of his bed. 'The Eyes' is a short, sharp read that slowly enters your psyche and leaves you with a paragraph that may haunt you forever, because it's not about ghosts at all... Elegantly eerie and similarily atmospheric, this Edith Wharton story makes a great companion to Henry James' 'The Turn of the Screw' (1898). B. J. Harrison started his Classic Tales Podcast back in 2007, wanting to breathe new life into classic stories. He masterfully plays with a wide array of voices and accents and has since then produced over 500 audiobooks. Now in collaboration with SAGA Egmont, his engaging narration of these famous classics is available to readers everywhere. Edith Wharton was an American author and designer, born into New York City's high society. She is best known for her novel 'The Age of Innocence' (1920) and for being the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Literature.

Edith Wharton (Author), B. J. Harrison (Narrator)

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Best of Women's Short Stories

A rich and varied selection of full-length stories which explore the many experiences and complexities of womanhood. Sometimes joyful, sometimes sad, always absorbing, Best of Women's Short Stories is a remarkable collection; featuring great writers of timeless appeal, all interpreted by Harriet Walter with acute tenderness and sensitivity.

Charlotte Mew, Charlotte Perkins Gilmore, Edith Wharton, Elizabeth Gaskell, Katherine Mansfield, Mary Ann Lamb, Mary Braddon, Various Authors, William J. Locke (Author), Harriet Walter (Narrator)

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Best of Women's Short Stories, Volume 3

The third of CSA Word's popular women's short story collections CSA Word's collections of 'stories by or about women', narrated by such excellent readers as Rosalind Ayres, Juliet Stevenson and Harriet Walters are consistently fascinating - The Times Nine unabridged works by time-honoured female and male writers exploring what love, family, and marriage mean. This collection brings together stories by Edith Wharton, Katherine Mansfield, Wilkie Collins and Marcel Proust, with forays into the supernatural and the comedic by Sabine Baring-Gould and Saki. Be them funny or moving, all stories are beautifully read by Harriet Walter (Atonement, Netflix's The Crown), Juliet Stevenson (Bend it Like Beckham, The Enfield Haunting), Barbara Leigh-Hunt (Pride and Prejudice, Billy Elliot) and Rosalind Ayres (Titanic, Outnumbered). Miss Mina and the Groom by Wilkie Collins, read by Juliet Stevenson The Mission of Jane by Edith Wharton, read by Harriet Walter Perilous Play by Louisa May Alcott, read by Rosalind Ayres Happy Women by Louisa May Alcott, read by Juliet Stevenson The Leaden Ring by Sabine Baring-Gould, read by Juliet Stevenson A Young Girl's Confession by Marcel Proust, read by Juliet Stevenson Genefer by Sabine Baring-Gould, read by Rosalind Ayres The Singing Lesson by Katherine Mansfield, read by Rosalind Ayres A Dill Pickle by Katherine Mansfield, read by Harriet Walter Laura by Saki, read by Barbara Leigh-Hunt

Edith Wharton, Katherine Mansfield, Louisa May Alcott, Marcel Proust, Sabine Baring-Gould, Saki, Wilkie Collins (Author), Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Harriet Walter, Juliet Stevenson, Rosalind Ayres (Narrator)

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Bewitched

Prudence Rutledge is terrified. She sits in her isolated New England farmhouse, fearing that her husband is stepping out on her. Seems like Saul has been seen down at the pond, meeting up with a young woman named Ora Brand. Trouble is, Ora Brand has been dead for over a year.In her short story Bewitched, Edith Wharton lures you into the ghostly heart of New England, circa 1926. It's a time when ghosts roam the barren hills, and horror stalks the lonely inhabitants with devastating results.This new adaptation of Bewitched is underscored with music and sound effects that plunge you deeper into those bewitched New England souls.

Edith Wharton (Author), Barbara Barnes (Narrator)

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