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Edith Wharton
AuthorBooks · Second hand1862-1937
Edith Newbold Wharton was an American writer and designer. Wharton drew upon her insider's knowledge of upper-class New York society to portray, realistically, the lives and morals of the Gilded Age. In 1921, she became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her novel The Age of Innocence. She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1996. Her other well-known works are The House of Mirth, the novella Ethan Frome, and several notable ghost stories.
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About Edith Wharton
Birth
1862
Death
1937
First book
1878
Years writing
148
Edith Newbold Wharton was an American writer and designer. Wharton drew upon her insider's knowledge of upper-class New York society to portray, realistically, the lives and morals of the Gilded Age. In 1921, she became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her novel The Age of Innocence. She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1996. Her other well-known works are The House of Mirth, the novella Ethan Frome, and several notable ghost stories.
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Edith Wharton made history by becoming the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Literature.
Beyond her career as a novelist, she was a talented interior designer and an expert in architecture.
She spoke fluent French, which allowed many of her books to be published simultaneously in both English and French.
Born in New York, her work masterfully portrayed the social life and customs of the American upper class.
Her prolific career spanned nearly two thousand works, including novels, short stories, poetry, and art history essays.
