Edith Wharton

1,035 books • 74 series

Edith Wharton was born in New York City on January 24, 1862. Edith married Teddy Wharton, who was 12 years older. They lived a life of relative ease with homes in New York, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. Edith became a prolific writer and produced over 40 books in 40 years.
Edith divorced Teddy in 1912, having no immediate heirs, and never married again. She was the first woman awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, an honorary Doctorate of Letters from Yale University, and a full membership in the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Her novels became so popular that Ms. Wharton was able to live comfortably on her earnings the rest of her life. Edith continued to write until a stroke took her life in August 1937.

Mar 1, 2011
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Fighting France: From Dunkerque to Belfort (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

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Xingu and Other Stories (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

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Crucial Instances (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

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The Marne (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

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Italian Backgrounds (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

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The Hermit and the Wild Woman and Other Stories (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

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A Motor-Flight Through France (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

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The Greater Inclination (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

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Sanctuary (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

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The Glimpses of the Moon (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

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Kerfol et autres histoires de fantomes

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Ethan Frome (Unabridged)

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The Valley of Decision (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

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The Custom of the Country (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

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The Touchstone (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

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The Fruit of the Tree (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

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The Reef (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

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Madame de Treymes (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

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Le Miroir

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The New York Stories of Edith Wharton (New York Review Books Classics)

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Back to Compostela

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American 19th Century Literature

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Ethan Frome (eBook)

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The House of Mirth & the Age of Innocence