Edith Wharton
1862 - 1937From Wikipedia
Edith Wharton (born Edith Newbold Jones; January 24, 1862 –
August 11, 1937) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, short story
writer, and designer. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in
1927, 1928 and 1930. Wharton combined her insider's view of America's
privileged classes with a brilliant, natural wit to write humorous, incisive
novels and short stories of social and psychological insight. She was well
acquainted with many of her era's other literary and public figures, including
Theodore Roosevelt.
Edith Wharton (born Edith Newbold Jones; January 24, 1862 –
August 11, 1937) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, short story
writer, and designer. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in
1927, 1928 and 1930. Wharton combined her insider's view of America's
privileged classes with a brilliant, natural wit to write humorous, incisive
novels and short stories of social and psychological insight. She was well
acquainted with many of her era's other literary and public figures, including
Theodore Roosevelt.
