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15 de abr. de 2024 · Edith Wharton (born January 24, 1862, New York, New York, U.S.—died August 11, 1937, Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt, near Paris, France) was an American author best known for her stories and novels about the upper-class society into which she was born.
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Edith moved to Paris in 1913 and filed for divorce. She sold her home in Massachusetts and left her old life behind. She lived in France for the rest of her life. A year after her move to Paris, World War I broke out. As a wealthy woman, she could have returned to the United States.
Edith Wharton ( / ˈhwɔːrtən /; 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.
Edith Wharton (1862-1937) was born into a tightly controlled society at a time when women were discouraged from achieving anything beyond a proper marriage. Wharton broke through these strictures to become one of America’s greatest writers. Author of The Age of Innocence, Ethan Frome, and The House of Mirth, she wrote over 40 books in 40 ...
Biografia. Wharton nasceu em 1862, na cidade de Nova York. Era filha de George Frederic Jones e Lucretia Stevens Rhinelander. Era a irmã mais nova entre os três filhos do casal. Frederic Rhinelander, 16 anos mais velho e Henry Edward, 12 anos mais velho. Ela foi batizada em 20 de abril de 1862 na Igreja da Graça, em Manhattan. [ 4][ 5]
- Edward (Teddy) Robbins Wharton (1885-1913)
31 de mar. de 2020 · Published on March 31, 2020. Edith Wharton (January 24, 1862 – August 11, 1937) was an American writer. A daughter of the Gilded Age, she criticized the rigid societal constraints and thinly veiled immoralities of her society.
9 de set. de 2019 · What Edith Wharton Knew, a Century Ago, About Women and Fame in America. If Undine Spragg, the heroine of Wharton’s novel “The Custom of the Country,” were alive today, she would have a...
