Edith Wharton was born in New York City. In 1885, she married Edward Wharton and lived a life of comparable ease with houses in New York,
Rhode Island, and Massachusetts.
Wharton's major works include The House of Mirth(1905), Ethan Frome(1907), and The Age of Innocence(1920).
She divorced in 1913 after Edward began supporting a mistress. However, she was able to live comfortably all her life because of her
novels' contemporary popularity.
In 1921, Wharton became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize(for Age of Innocence). Her works highlight the world of Victorian era society, and its many
contradictions.
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