Wharton
Edith Wharton was the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize, for The Age of Innocence". Born in 1862 into one of New York's older and richer families, she was educated here and abroad. Her works include Ethan Frome", The Reef", The Custom of the Country", The Glimpses of the Moon", and Roman Fever and Other Stories". As a keen observer and chronicler of society, she is without peer. Edith Wharton died in France in 1937.
Edith Wharton was the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize, for The Age of Innocence". Born in 1862 into one of New York's older and richer families, she was educated here and abroad. Her works include Ethan Frome", The Reef", The Custom of the Country", The Glimpses of the Moon", and Roman Fever and Other Stories". As a keen observer and chronicler of society, she is without peer. Edith Wharton died in France in 1937. See less
