Edith Wharton
Edith Wharton (born Edith Newbold Jones; January 24, 1862 – August 11, 1937) was an American historical writer, novelist and designer. She was “known for some essays and novels about war." She was born during the American Civil War. During World War I, she helped to support some medical assistants to soldiers.[1] She was born in New York City.
Wharton died on August 11, 1937 in Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt, France of a stroke caused by a heart attack at the age of 75.[2]
Early career
Edith Wharton became an author because she wanted to tell more people what she saw and what she learned in her life. The most famous novel she wrote was The Age of Innocence (1920). She wrote this book because she had a similar life like the main character in the book. At the same time, it was about people’s lives during the nineteenth century.
Major works
Edith Wharton family was upper class (a group of people who has a lot of money). She usually heard some events to write the book. The Valley of Decision talked about a lawyer man falls in love with a women that already has a husband; however, at the end of the book, the man marries with the nephew of the woman. One of her books, The Age of Innocence, helped Edith Wharton win the Pulitzer Prize, and the book was written just after World War I.
Influence
The influence of Edith Wharton on society was to help people know about the war and life. All of her books mostly talked about what she saw in her life. The life part talks about what she learned in her life and some experiences from her life.
Later life
At the end of World War I, she moved out Paris. She won the Pulitzer Prize because of the book The Age of Innocence.
Edith Wharton Media
Portrait of Wharton as a girl by Edward Harrison May (1870)
Edith Wharton by Edward Harrison May
The Mount, 2006
Edith Wharton as a young woman, c. 1889
Image originally published in Queer Places: Retracing the Steps of LGBTQ people around the World Authored by Elisa Rolle
Page from original manuscript of The House of Mirth, in Edith Wharton's hand
Wharton's Le Pavillon Colombe, Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt, France.
Tombe d'Edith Wharton au cimetière des Gonards à Versailles.
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