Edith Wharton drew upon her insider's knowledge of the upper class New York 'aristocracy' to realistically portray the lives and morals of the Gilded Age. In 1921, she became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in Literature, for her novel The Age of Innocence. Among her other well known works are The House of Mirth and the novella Ethan Frome. Wharton's writings often dealt with themes such as social and individual fulfillment, repressed sexuality, and the manners of old families and the new elite. A key recurring theme in Wharton's writing is the relationship between the house as a physical space and its relationship to its inhabitant's characteristics and emotions. Contents: The Novels Fast and Loose The Valley of Decision Sanctuary The House of Mirth The Fruit of the Tree Ethan Frome The Reef The Custom of the Country Summer The Age of Innocence The Glimpses of the Moon A Son at the Front The Mother's Recompense Twilight Sleep The Children Hudson River Bracketed The Gods Arrive The Buccaneers The Novellas The Touchstone Madame de Treymes The Marne Old New York The Short Story Collections The Greater Inclination Crucial Instances The Descent of Man and Other Stories The Hermit and the Wild Woman and Other Stories Tales of Men and Ghosts Uncollected Early Short Stories Xingu and Other Stories Here and Beyond Certain People Human Nature The World Over Ghosts The Short Stories List of Stories in Chronological Order List of Stories in Alphabetical Order The Play The Joy of Living The Poetry Artemis to Actaeon and Other Verses Uncollected Poetry The Non-Fiction The Decoration of Houses Italian Villas and Their Gardens Italian Backgrounds A Motor-Flight Through France France, from Dunkerque to Belfort French Ways and Their Meaning In Morocco The Writing of Fiction The Autobiography A Backward Glance

Edith Wharton (January 24, 1862 - August 11, 1937) was an American novelist, short story writer, and designer.

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Edith Wharton (January 24, 1862 August 11, 1937) was an American novelist, short story writer, and designer.

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Edith Wharton drew upon her insider's knowledge of the upper class New York "aristocracy" to realistically portray the lives and morals of the Gilded Age. In 1921, she became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in Literature, for her novel The Age of Innocence.Among her other well known works are The House of Mirth and the novella Ethan Frome.Wharton's writings often dealt with themes such as social and individual fulfillment, repressed sexuality, and the manners of old families and the new elite.A key recurring theme in Wharton's writing is the relationship between the house as a physical space and its relationship to its inhabitant's characteristics and emotions.Contents: The NovelsFast and LooseThe Valley of DecisionSanctuaryThe House of MirthThe Fruit of the TreeEthan FromeThe ReefThe Custom of the CountrySummerThe Age of InnocenceThe Glimpses of the MoonA Son at the FrontThe Mother's RecompenseTwilight SleepThe ChildrenHudson River BracketedThe Gods ArriveThe Buccaneers The NovellasThe TouchstoneMadame de TreymesThe MarneOld New York The Short Story CollectionsThe Greater InclinationCrucial InstancesThe Descent of Man and Other StoriesThe Hermit and the Wild Woman and Other StoriesTales of Men and GhostsUncollected Early Short StoriesXingu and Other StoriesHere and BeyondCertain PeopleHuman NatureThe World OverGhosts The Short StoriesList of Stories in Chronological OrderList of Stories in Alphabetical Order The PlayThe Joy of Living The PoetryArtemis to Actaeon and Other VersesUncollected Poetry The Non-FictionThe Decoration of HousesItalian Villas and Their GardensItalian BackgroundsA Motor-Flight Through FranceFrance, from Dunkerque to BelfortFrench Ways and Their MeaningIn MoroccoThe Writing of Fiction The AutobiographyA Backward Glance