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Person Detail: Edith Wharton
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| Full Name: Edith Wharton | ||
| Biography: (1862-1937) Writer, novelist. Edith Wharton was born at 14 23rd Street (the house is still there) in Manhattan, New York. She was baptized at Grace Church, and later lived at 7 Washington Square North in Manhattan, New York. She was a major novelist known for her remarkable handling of turn of the century New York society. In 1980 the United States Postal Service issued its second stamp in the Literary Arts series in honor of Edith Wharton. |
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| 1862 |
New York County Edith Newbold Jones (Edith Wharton) was born at 14 23rd Street (the house is still there) in Manhattan, New York. |
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| 1937 |
(Unknown) County Edith Wharton died in St. Brice-sous-foret, France in 1937. |
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| 1905 |
(Unknown) County The House of Mirth Novel. |
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| 1911 |
(Unknown) County Ethan Frome Novel. |
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| 1920 |
(Unknown) County The Age Of Innocence Novel; winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1921. |
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| 1938 |
(Unknown) County The Buccaneers Novel. |
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| 1937 |
(Unknown) County Edith Wharton was buried in the Cimetière des Gonards, Versailles, France. |
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| 1902 |
(Unknown) County The Valley Of Decision Novel. |
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| 1897 |
(Unknown) County The Decoration of Houses Nonfiction; collaborated with architect Ogden Codman. |
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| 1899 |
(Unknown) County The Greater Inclination Collection of stories. |
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| 1910 |
(Unknown) County Tales Of Men And Ghosts Collection of stories. |
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| 1919 |
(Unknown) County French Ways And Their Meanings |
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| 1913 |
(Unknown) County The Custom Of The Country Novel. |
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New York County Wharton was baptized at Grace Church, and later lived at 7 Washington Square North in Manhattan, New York. |
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