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The Mount is a National Historic Landmark and cultural center dedicated to the intellectual, artistic, and humanitarian legacy of author Edith Wharton (1862-1937), whose works include classic novels such as The Age of Innocence and The House of Mirth, as well as authoritative works on architecture, design, and travel.
Edith Newbold Jones is born at 14 West 23rd Street in New York City to Lucretia Rhinelander Jones and George Frederic Jones. She is the youngest and only girl of three children. Her two brothers, Frederic (16) and Harry (11), are much older than she. 20 April.
Acclaimed American writer whose novels, novellas and short stories meticulously document both high-society New York and Europe during the late 19th and early 20th centuries and the way in which lives are shaped and dominated by social strictures and community pressure . Name variations: Pussy; Lily.
