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Edith Wharton (nata Edith Newbold Jones) (New York, 24 gennaio 1862 – Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt, 11 agosto 1937) è stata una scrittrice e poetessa statunitense. Firma di Edith Wharton Fu la prima donna a vincere il premio Pulitzer per il romanzo L'età dell'innocenza ( The Age of innocence ) nel 1921 .
Edith Wharton (/ ˈ hw ɔːr t ən /; 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 .
The Age of Innocence is a 1920 novel by American author Edith Wharton. It was her eighth novel, and was initially serialized in 1920 in four parts, in the magazine Pictorial Review. Later that year, it was released as a book by D. Appleton & Company. It won the 1921 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, making Wharton the first woman to win ...
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15 apr 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. Edith Jones came of a distinguished and long-established New York family.
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24 gen 2023 · Edith Wharton, la scrittrice che rivoluzionò i codici di bellezza nell'età vittoriana Anche le parole e i libri hanno influenzato l'estetica di ogni epoca. Di Veronica Eredi Pubblicato: 24/01/2023
The House of Mirth is a 1905 novel by American author Edith Wharton. It tells the story of Lily Bart, a well-born but impoverished woman belonging to New York City's high society around the end of the 19th century. [a] The House of Mirth traces Lily's slow two-year social descent from privilege to a lonely existence on the margins of ...
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 ...
