Edith Wharton

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Edith Newbold Wharton (/ˈhwɔːrtən/; née 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 Prize for Fiction for her novel The Age of Innocence. She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1996. Her other well-known works are The House of Mirth, the novella Ethan Frome, and several notable ghost stories.

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Edith Newbold Wharton (/ˈhwɔːrtən/; née Jones; January 24, 1862 – August 11, 1937) was an American writer and designer....

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There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that receives it.

Set wide the window. Let me drink the day.

My little old dog a heart-beat at my feet

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that receives it.

Set wide the window. Let me drink the day.

My little old dog a heart-beat at my feet

Ethan Frome

1911

Edith Wharton

Edith Wharton

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Books by Edith Wharton

Ethan Frome

Age ofInnocence

The Age ofInnocence

The Age ofInnocence

The House ofMirth

The Valleyof Decision

The Valleyof Decision

TheDecorationof Houses

Summer

Summer

In Morocco

The EarlyShortFiction ofEdith...

The EarlyShortFiction ofEdith...

Tales of Menand Ghosts

Tales of Menand Ghosts

The Customof theCountry

The Customof theCountry

The Descentof Man andOtherStories

The Descentof Man andOtherStories

Xingu

Xingu

The EarlyShortFiction ofEdith...

The EarlyShortFiction ofEdith...

The Reef

The Reef

ItalianVillas andTheirGardens

The Glimpsesof the Moon

The Glimpsesof the Moon

Kerfol: 1916

Kerfol: 1916

CrucialInstances

BunnerSisters

BunnerSisters

French Waysand TheirMeaning

New Year'sDay (The'Seventies)

Au temps del'innocence

TheTouchstone

TheTouchstone

The Fruit ofthe Tree

The Fruit ofthe Tree

The Writingof Fiction

FightingFrance, fromDunkerque toBelfort

FightingFrance, fromDunkerque toBelfort

TwilightSleep

The GreaterInclination

The GreaterInclination

The Mother'sRecompense

The Spark(The'Sixties)

The Marne: ATale of theWar

The Marne: ATale of theWar

The Hermitand the WildWoman, andOther...

The Hermitand the WildWoman, andOther...

ItalianBackgrounds

The Children

The Triumphof Night:1916

The Triumphof Night:1916

A Son at theFront

Coming Home:1916

Coming Home:1916

AutresTemps...:1916

AutresTemps...:1916

AMotor-FlightThroughFrance

Here andBeyond

The Old Maid(The'Fifties)

False Dawn(The'Forties)

Sanctuary

Sanctuary

Madame DeTreymes

Madame DeTreymes

Les MetteursEn Scène

The Choice:1916

The Choice:1916

The LongRun: 1916

The LongRun: 1916

Twelve Poems

Voyages AuFront, DeDunkerque ÀBelfort

Sous LaNeige