Edith Wharton

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Wharton in 1919


Wharton died on August 11, 1937 in Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt, France of a stroke caused by a heart attack at the age of 75.[2]

How she became an author[change | change source]

Edith Wharton became an author because she wanted to tell more people what she saw and what she learned in her life. The most famous novel she wrote was The Age of Innocence (1920). She wrote this book because she had a similar life like the main character in the book. At the same time, it was about people’s lives during the nineteenth century.

Major Works[change | change source]

Edith Wharton family was upper class (a group of people who has a lot of money). She usually heard some events to write the book. The Valley of Decision talked about a lawyer man falls in love with a women that already has a husband; however, at the end of the book, the man marries with the nephew of the woman. One of her books, The Age of Innocence, helped Edith Wharton win the Pulitzer Prize, and the book was written just after World War I.

Her influence on society[change | change source]

The influence of Edith Wharton on society was to help people know about the war and life. All of her books mostly talked about what she saw in her life. The life part talks about what she learned in her life and some experiences from her life.

Picture of Edith Wharton 1905 , from public domain

Later life[change | change source]

At the end of World War I, she moved out Paris. She won the Pulitzer Prize because of the book The Age of Innocence.

References[change | change source]

  1. Benstock, Shari (1994). No Gifts from Chance: A Biography of Edith Wharton, p. 86. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.