Edith Wharton A to Z is an encyclopedic reference to Wharton's life and work. Comprehensive in scope, it features individual entries for the following categories of publication: Novels and short stories, travel writing, poetry, criticism, including reviews of books and plays, and foreign translations of her works. Entries also cover Wharton's family, friends, and acquaintances; places that figure prominently in Wharton's letters, autobiography, and travel writing; Wharton's publishers, editors, and the periodicals for which she wrote; organizations and institutions Wharton joined or supported; honors, awards, and prizes Wharton received: the awarding of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for The Age of Innocence, an honorary doctorate from Yale University, and induction into the French Legion of Honor; critical and popular reception of her works; Wharton's literary influences and her influence on other writers. The bibliography provides a complete list of Wharton's writings and a broad selection of secondary sources.