{"id":4432,"date":"2016-02-08T09:25:05","date_gmt":"2016-02-08T16:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/?p=4432"},"modified":"2016-08-12T18:17:48","modified_gmt":"2016-08-13T01:17:48","slug":"edith-wharton-1862-1937","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/edith-wharton-1862-1937\/","title":{"rendered":"Edith Wharton (1862-1937)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"EdithEdith Wharton was an\u00a0American novelist, short story writer, and designer.\u00a0She’s best knows for her Pulitzer-winning novel, The Age of Innocence <\/em>as well as Ethan Frome <\/em>and The House of Mirth.<\/em><\/p>\n

Edith Newbold Jones\u00a0was born in New York City in 1862. \u00a0Her family was\u00a0wealthy. \u00a0In fact the saying “keeping up with the Joneses” is said to refer to her father’s family.<\/p>\n

She was always interested in writing. \u00a0Wharton\u00a0began her first novel at eleven. \u00a0When she was 15 she was published for the first time. \u00a0(It was a translation of a German poem.) Later she would go on to\u00a0write fifteen novels, seven novellas, eighty-five short stores as well as poems and non-fiction.<\/p>\n

In 1885 she married Edward (Teddy) Robbins Wharton. \u00a0He shared her love of travel. Sadly, their travels ceased because of Edward’s acute depression. \u00a0Later his metal health grew worse. \u00a0Edith divorced him in 1913 after 28 years of marriage.<\/p>\n

During World War One she lived in Paris and was involved in humanitarian projects. \u00a0\u00a0In 1914 Wharton\u00a0opened a workroom for unemployed women that provided food and employment. \u00a0She was involved in the American Hostels for Refugees organization as well as the Children of Flanders Rescue Committee.<\/p>\n

Edith Wharton knew\u00a0many of the well-known people of her time. \u00a0This includes\u00a0Henry James, Sinclair Lewis, Theodore Roosevelt, Bernard Berenson, and Kenneth Clark.<\/p>\n

“Half the trouble in life is caused by pretending there isn’t any.”<\/b>\u00a0~\u00a0The House of Mirth<\/a><\/i>\u00a0by\u00a0Edith Wharton<\/a><\/p>\n

Novels and Novellas\u00a0by Edith Wharton<\/h2>\n

The Touchstone<\/em>, 1900
\nThe Valley of Decision<\/em>, 1902
\nSanctuary, 1903
\nThe House of Mirth<\/em>, 1905
\nMadame de Treymes<\/em>, 1907
\nThe Fruit of the Tree<\/em>, 1907
\nEthan Frome<\/em>, 1911
\nThe Reef<\/em>, 1912
\nThe Custom of the Country<\/em>, 1913
\nBunner Sisters<\/em>, 1916
\nSummer<\/em>, 1917
\nThe Marne<\/em>, 1918
\nThe Age of Innocence<\/em>, 1920
\nThe Glimpses of the Moon<\/em>, 1922
\nA Son at the Front<\/em>, 1923
\nOld New York: False Dawn, The Old Maid, The Spark, New Year’s Day<\/em>, 1924
\nThe Mother’s Recompense<\/em>, 1925
\nTwilight Sleep<\/em>, 1927
\nThe Children<\/em>, 1928
\nHudson River Bracketed<\/em>, 1929
\nThe Gods Arrive<\/em>, 1932
\nThe Buccaneers<\/em>, 1938 (unfinished)
\nFast and Loose: A Novelette<\/em>, 1938 (written in 1876\u20131877)<\/p>\n

More About Edith Wharton<\/h2>\n