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Versions of her mother, Lucretia Jones, often appeared in Wharton's fiction. Biographer Hermione Lee described it as "one of the most lethal acts of revenge ever taken by a writing daughter." [25] In her memoir, A Backward Glance, Wharton describes her mother as indolent, spendthrift, censorious, disapproving, superficial, icy, dry and ironic. [25]
The House of Mirth is a novel by American author Edith Wharton, published on 14 October 1905.It tells the story of Lily Bart, a well-born but impoverished woman belonging to New York City's high society in the 1890s.
Among his sisters was Lucretia Stevens Rhinelander, who married George Frederic Jones [2] (parents of novelist and decorator Edith (née Jones) Wharton and Frederic Rhinelander Jones); [3] Mary Elizabeth Rhinelander, who married Thomas Haines Newbold [2] (parents of New York State Senator Thomas Newbold [4]); and Eliza Lucille Rhinelander, who ...
Wharton's first published novella was The Touchstone, set in old New York, like many of her stories. It follows Stephen Glennard, who is suddenly impoverished and can't marry his beautiful ...
Edith Wharton, the writer of The Muse's Tragedy. Edith Wharton (Newbold Jones) was born on the 24 January 1862 in New York. She was the third child of Georges Frederic and Lucretia Jones (a rich family - her mother was an aristocrat). During her childhood, Edith was a brilliant girl and as a teenager she began to write a short story called ...
Mrs. Adeline Archer: Archer's widowed mother. She does not get out to events often, but loves to hear about society. She and Janey strongly believe in the values of New York society. Like Janey, she views Ellen with suspicion. Henry van der Luyden is her cousin. She is said to be based partly on Edith Wharton's own mother, Lucretia Rhinelander.
Wharton signed with the Chiefs as an undrafted free agent in 2020, and has since won two Super Bowls with the team, in 2023 and 2024. The Nov. 24 game marked the Chiefs’ 10th win of the season ...
Jasmine Cephas Jones has broken her silence after the death of her father, Ron Cephas Jones. The "This Is Us" actor died at age 66 after a long-standing pulmonary issue, his manager, Dan Spilo ...