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  2. Edith Wharton (/ ˈ hw ɔːr t ən /; 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 .

  3. Apr 15, 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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  5. It leads to trouble between the two soon-to-be spouses. Archer is intrigued by Ellen yet bound by duty to marry May. Edith won the Pulitzer Prize for the novel in 1921. She was the first woman ever to win this award. Edith Wharton died on August 11, 1937, at her home in France.

    • Edith Wharton almost died of typhoid fever when she was 9 years old. Born Edith Newbold Jones on January 24, 1862 in New York City, Wharton toured Europe as a child with her parents and two older brothers.
    • Edith Wharton’s 28-year marriage was a tumultuous one. In 1885, when she was 23 years old, Edith married Edward (Teddy) Robbins Wharton at Manhattan’s Trinity Chapel Complex.
    • Edith Wharton designed her palatial country house in Massachusetts. When Wharton wasn’t traveling through Italy or France with Teddy, the couple resided in Newport, Rhode Island until 1901.
    • Edith Wharton published her first novel when she was 40. Wharton had published poetry and short stories before The Valley of Decision came out in 1902.
  6. Mar 31, 2020 · Known For: Author of Age of Innocence and several novels about the Gilded Age. Also Known As: Edith Newbold Jones (maiden name) Born: January 24, 1862 in New York City, New York. Parents: Lucretia Rhinelander and George Frederic Jones. Died: August 11, 1937 in Saint Brice, France.

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  7. Childhood. Wharton was born Edith Newbold Jones into a wealthy New York family on January 24, 1862, at 14 West 23 rd St. The third child and only daughter of George Frederic and Lucretia Rhinelander Jones, the young Edith spent much of her childhood in Europe, mainly France, Germany, Italy, developing both her gift for languages and a deep appreciation for beauty – in art, architecture and ...

  8. PARIS, Aug. 12.--Edith Wharton, American novelist, died yesterday afternoon at her villa, Pavilion Colombes, near Saint Brice, Seine-et-Oise. She had been in fairly good health until she...

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