Edith Wharton
Edith Wharton (; 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. In 1921, she became the first woman to win the
Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, for her novel, ''
The Age of Innocence''. She was inducted into the
National Women's Hall of Fame, in 1996. Her other well-known works are ''
The House of Mirth'', the novella ''
Ethan Frome'', and several notable ghost stories.
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