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  1. Wharton, Edith Wharton, Edith Newbold Jones Whartonnoun

    United States novelist (1862-1937)

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  1. Edith Wharton

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

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    Edith Wharton (1862–1937) was an American author and novelist known for her critical portrayal of America's upper class in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She was the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her novel "The Age of Innocence" in 1921. Some of her other well-known works include "Ethan Frome" and "The House of Mirth". Her storytelling combined psychological insight, social observation, and detailed descriptions of environment which made her one of the leading fiction writers of her time.

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  1. Edith Wharton

    Edith Wharton was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, short story writer, and designer.

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