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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 ...
1921 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The Age of Innocence is a 1920 novel by American author Edith Wharton. It was her eighth novel, and was initially serialized in 1920 in four parts, in the magazine Pictorial Review. Later that year, it was released as a book by D. Appleton & Company. It won the 1921 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, making Wharton the ...
Almost universally praised by critics, "Roman Fever" earned a place in An Edith Wharton Treasury (1950) [5] and The Best Short Stories of Edith Wharton (1958). [6] It is the title story of Roman Fever and Other Stories , [ 7 ] a collection of Wharton's writing originally published in 1964 and still in print.
The Age of Innocence. Originally published 1920. Wharton's eighth novel won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, making her the first woman to win the prestigious award. Set in the Gilded Age, The Age ...
978-1-716-71037-7. The House of Mirth is a 1905 novel by American author Edith Wharton. It tells the story of Lily Bart, a well-born but impoverished woman belonging to New York City's high society in the 1890s. [a] The House of Mirth traces Lily's slow two-year social descent from privilege to a lonely existence on the margins of society.
Joanna W. Lippincott, Mary L. Wharton, Anna W. Morris. Joseph Wharton (March 3, 1826 – January 11, 1909) was an American industrialist. He was involved in mining, manufacturing, and education. He founded the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, co-founded the Bethlehem Steel company, and was one of the founders of Swarthmore College.
The Muse's Tragedy. " The Muse’s Tragedy " is a short-story written by Edith Wharton. Published in 1899 by Charles Scribner’s Sons (25th magazine), The Muse’s Tragedy was then printed in June 1899, as part of the collection of short fiction The Greater Inclination. The story focuses on the platonic love story between Danyers, the main ...
Old New York (1924) is a collection of four novellas by Edith Wharton, revolving around upper-class New York City society in the 1840s, 1850s, 1860s, and 1870s.