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[Wikidata] American writer and designer (1862–1937)... | [Wikipedia] 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 I
About Edith Wharton
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.
The Age of Innocence|Crucial Instances|The House of Mirth|Old New York|Roman Fever|Summer|The Touchstone|The Custom of the Country|The Decoration of Houses|The Greater Inclination|The Mount|The Reef
Ethan Frome
Pulitzer Prize for the Novel|National Women's Hall of Fame|Knight of the Legion of Honour
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