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Edith Wharton


Born
in New York City, The United States
January 24, 1862

Died
August 11, 1937

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Edith Wharton 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. Her other well-known works are The House of Mirth, the novella Ethan Frome, and several notable ghost stories.
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Average rating: 3.81 · 547,033 ratings · 40,742 reviews · 1,157 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Age of Innocence

3.97 avg rating — 186,496 ratings — published 1920 — 3866 editions
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Ethan Frome

3.45 avg rating — 133,300 ratings — published 1911 — 37 editions
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The House of Mirth

3.97 avg rating — 102,226 ratings — published 1905 — 2936 editions
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Summer

3.67 avg rating — 17,064 ratings — published 1917 — 997 editions
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The Custom of the Country

4.06 avg rating — 15,096 ratings — published 1913 — 99 editions
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Ethan Frome and Other Short...

3.67 avg rating — 15,170 ratings — published 1911 — 15 editions
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The Buccaneers

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3.87 avg rating — 7,745 ratings — published 1938 — 60 editions
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The Ghost Stories of Edith ...

3.89 avg rating — 4,844 ratings — published 1934 — 69 editions
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The Glimpses of the Moon

3.85 avg rating — 4,563 ratings — published 1922 — 451 editions
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La solterona

3.90 avg rating — 2,466 ratings — published 1922 — 2 editions
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Quotes by Edith Wharton  (?)
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“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that receives it.”
Edith Wharton

“Set wide the window. Let me drink the day.”
Edith Wharton, Artemis to Actaeon and Other Verses

“My little old dog
a heart-beat
at my feet”
Edith Wharton

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