Edith Wharton

Edith Wharton
Edith Wharton
	Wharton, c. 1895
Born	Edith Newbold Jones; January 24, 1862; New York City, U.S.
Died	August 11, 1937 (aged 75); Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt, France
Resting place	Cimetière des Gonards, Versailles, Yvelines, France
Occupation	Novelist; short story writer; designer;
Notable awards	Pulitzer Prize for Fiction ; 1921 The Age of Innocence ;
Spouse	Edward Robbins Wharton (m. 1885; div. 1913)
Relatives	Ebenezer Stevens (maternal great-grandfather); John Austin Stevens (great-uncle); Alexander Stevens (great-uncle); Frederic W. Rhinelander (uncle); Samuel Stevens Sands (cousin); Caroline Schermerhorn Astor (cousin); Frederic Rhinelander King (cousin); Byam K. Stevens (cousin); Frederic W. Stevens (cousin); Alexander Henry Stevens (cousin); Thomas Newbold (cousin); Eugenie Mary Ladenburg Davie (cousin); Mary Cadwalader Rawle Jones (sister-in-law)
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Edith Wharton (/ˈhwɔːrtən/; born Edith Newbold Jones; January 24, 1862 – August 11, 1937) was an American writer and designer. Wharton drew upon her insider's knowledge of the upper-class New York "aristocracy" to portray realistically the lives and morals of the Gilded Age. In 1921, she became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, for her novel The Age of Innocence. She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1996. Among her other well known works are The House of Mirth, the novella Ethan Frome, and several notable ghost stories.

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