Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton

08/27/2026

"That day, she remembered there had come back to her with peculiar intensity the vision of the long dining table in the chateau, with the haggard army surgeon amputating, amputating..."
-from "The Men Who Saved the World" an unpublished story by Edith Wharton.

06/13/2026

The new issue of The Strand Magazine features Edith Wharton’s rare wartime story, “The Men Who Saved the World,” which recently received coverage in The New York Times.

Set in the summer of 1918, as the First World War nears its end, the story unfolds inside a French château just a few miles from the front. Wharton gives us a world of candles, orchids, fine china, and polite conversation — while the violence of war remains close enough to be heard.

05/08/2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSidQ9aHHvI And some radio drama.

Settle in for an unforgettable journey with this immersive video that combines the classic radio play of Edith Wharton’s The Maid's Bell with the soothing cr...

05/08/2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI98WTfEc7Y Five of 'em!

Step into the haunted world of Edith Wharton, where refined drawing rooms hide restless spirits and every whisper carries the chill of something unseen.This ...