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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Edith_WhartonEdith Wharton - Wikipedia

    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.

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  3. www.britannica.com › biography › Edith-WhartonEdith Wharton | Biography, Books, Short Stories, & Facts

    May 24, 2024 · Edith Wharton (born January 24, 1862, New York, New York, U.S.—died August 11, 1937, Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt, near Paris, France) was an American author best known for her stories and novels about the upper-class society into which she was born.

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  4. www.edithwharton.org › discover › edith-whartonEdith Wharton - The Mount | Edith Wharton's Home

    Edith Wharton (1862-1937) was born into a tightly controlled society at a time when women were discouraged from achieving anything beyond a proper marriage. Wharton broke through these strictures to become one of America’s greatest writers.

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  6. www.thoughtco.com › biography-of-edith-whartonBiography of Edith Wharton, American Novelist - ThoughtCo

    Mar 31, 2020 · Learn about Edith Wharton, an American writer who criticized the Gilded Age society and won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Explore her life, works, and achievements as a novelist, playwright, and philanthropist.

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  7. wams.nyhistory.org › edith-whartonLife Story: Edith Wharton - Women & the American Story

    Life Story: Edith Wharton (1862–1937) Socialite and Novelist The story of a novelist who wrote critically about New York’s high society during the Gilded Age.

  8. www.newyorker.com › books › second-readWhat Edith Wharton Knew, a Century Ago, About Women and Fame ...

    Sep 9, 2019 · What Edith Wharton Knew, a Century Ago, About Women and Fame in America. If Undine Spragg, the heroine of Wharton’s novel “The Custom of the Country,” were alive today, she would have a million...

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  10. www.mentalfloss.com › article › 63269910 Facts About Edith Wharton | Mental Floss

    Jan 26, 2021 · Learn about the life and works of Edith Wharton, a Gilded Age socialite and literary icon who wrote The Age of Innocence and The House of Mirth. Discover her travels, marriages, friendships, and legacy in this article from Mental Floss.

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