Crucial Instances de Edith Wharton

Crucial Instances

Edith Wharton

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 16 mai 2018

Edith Wharton (born Edith Newbold Jones, January 24, 1862 - August 11, 1937) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, short story writer, and designer. Her works: The Touchstone, 1900 The Valley of Decision, 1902 Sanctuary, 1903 The House of Mirth, 1905 Madame de Treymes, 1907 The Fruit of the Tree, 1907 Ethan Frome, 1911 The Reef, 1912 The Custom of the Country, 1913 Bunner Sisters, 1916 Summer, 1917 The Marne, 1918 The Age of Innocence, 1920 (Pulitzer Prize winner) The Glimpses of the Moon, 1922 A Son at the Front, 1923 Old New York, 1924 The Mother's Recompense, 1925 Twilight Sleep, 1927 The Children, 1928 Hudson River Bracketed, 1929 The Gods Arrive, 1932 The Buccaneers, 1938 Fast and Loose, 1938 (first novel, written in 1876-1877)

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Edith Wharton was born on January 24, 1862 in New York City. Due to a strained marriage she began to write fiction and published her first story in 1889. Her first published book was a guide to interior decorating, but this was followed by several novels and story collections. In 1913 the Whartons were divorced, and Edith took up permanent residence in France. Her novels The House of Mirth (1905) and Ethan Frome (1911) were bestsellers. Her great satiric novel, The Custom of the Country was published in 1913. Her novel The Age of Innocence won her the Pulitzer Prize in 1921. In her later years, she enjoyed the admiration of a new generation of writers, including Sinclair Lewis and F. Scott Fitzgerald. She wrote over 30 books, including an autobiography, A Backward Glance (1934). She died in Paris on August 11, 1937.