Profession: Pulitzer prize winning novelist
Nationality:
American
Biography: Ethan Frome, The Age of Innocence
Born: January 24, 1862
Birthplace: NYC, New York, USA
Star Sign: Aquarius
Married Life
- 1885-04-29 Novelist Edith Wharton (23) weds Edward Robbins Wharton (35)
Historical Events
- 1916-04-18 Edith Wharton is appointed Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, France’s highest award, for her contribution to the war effort
- 1937-06-01 Edith Wharton suffers a heart attack and collapses at the French country home of Ogden Codman
Quotes by Edith Wharton
- "As the pain that can be told is but half a pain, so the pity that questions has little healing in its touch."
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