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Edith Wharton
 
(Wharton, Edith Newbold Jones) 1862–1937, American novelist, b. New York City, noted for her subtle, ironic, and superbly crafted fictional studies of New York society at the turn of the century.… In her best and most characteristic novels—The House of Mirth (1905) and The Age of Innocence (1920; Pulitzer Prize)—she asserts herself as a distinctive artist.—Continue at Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Copyright © 2002 Columbia University Press.
 
Pronunciation:  hwôr´tn, wôr´- from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
 
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The Age of Innocence. 1920.
Set in the sumptuous Golden Age of New York society, dated social norms prove a still powerful force against personal desire.
 
Wharton, Edith, 63850 to 63868
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