EdithWharton

=__Edith Wharton__=

Birth name:
Edith Newbold Jones.

Date born:
January 24th 1862- August 11th 1937

Personal Life:
Writer, born in New York City, New York. Raised in a wealthy old family, she was privately educated and often traveled to europe meeting her lifelong friend and mentor Henry James. Her husband Edwards Robbin Wharton a banker in New York gradually deteriated from a mental illness so she devoted herself to her early passion for writing.Born in 1862 during the Civil War, Wharton ran away from her wealthy background and travelled a lot in Europe, eventually living in Paris. During the First World War she committed herself heroically to war-work and lived in France, her 'second country', until her death in 1937.

Professional Life:
In her long career of over 40 years and including the publication of over 40 books, Edith Whartons novels base solely on vivid settings Her first book //The Decoration of Houses// was about interior decoration. And the social classes of the wealthy.

Major Works:
One of and the most famous novel that brought her critical sucess was The House of Mirth. Along with the other 40 plus books, novels, and short stories that made her career as a writer.

Awards Won:
Wharton was the first women to win the Pulitzer Prize for her novel The Age of Innocence.

Period and or Style:
Edith Wharton wrote most of her books during the Civil War, throughout World War I, and pre World War II.

themes:
Edith mostly has home interior and social class themes in her writings. As well as war related novels.