Wharton, Edith (Newbold)

Wharton, Edith (Newbold)
orig. Edith Newbold Jones

born Jan. 24, 1862, New York, N.Y., U.S.
died Aug. 11, 1937, Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt, near Paris, France

U.S. novelist and short-story writer.

Born into upper-class society, she began writing a few years after her marriage in 1885. She lived in France after 1908 and was divorced in 1913. Her works examine the barriers of social convention, especially in the upper class, that stand in the way of individual happiness. Her close friendship with the older novelist Henry James did much to support and shape her work. The critical and popular success of her novel The House of Mirth (1905; film, 1918, 2000; for television, 1981) established her as a leading writer. She is perhaps best known for Ethan Frome (1911), which exploits the grimmer possibilities of New England farm life. Her other books include the novels The Custom of the Country (1913), The Age of Innocence (1920, Pulitzer Prize), and The Buccaneers (1938).

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  • Wharton, Edith (Newbold) — orig. Edith Newbold Jones (24 ene. 1862, Nueva York, N.Y., EE.UU.–11 ago. 1937, Saint Brice sous Forêt, cerca de París, Francia). Novelista y cuentista estadounidense. Nació en una familia de clase alta y comenzó a escribir pocos años después de… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Wharton,Edith Newbold Jones — Whar·ton (hwôrʹtn, wôrʹ ), Edith Newbold Jones. 1862 1937. American writer whose works include subtle satires on New York society, such as The House of Mirth (1905), and the short, tragic novel Ethan Frome (1911). She won a Pulitzer Prize in 1921 …   Universalium

  • Wharton, Edith — ▪ American writer née  Edith Newbold Jones  born Jan. 24, 1862, New York, N.Y., U.S. died Aug. 11, 1937, St. Brice sous Forêt, near Paris, France       American author best known for her stories and novels about the upper class society into which …   Universalium

  • Edith Newbold Jones Wharton — noun United States novelist (1862 1937) • Syn: ↑Wharton, ↑Edith Wharton • Instance Hypernyms: ↑writer, ↑author …   Useful english dictionary

  • Wharton — (Edith Newbold Jones, Mrs.) (1862 1937) romancière américaine, influencée par H. James: Ethan Frome (1911), l âge de l innocence (1920) …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Edith Wharton — noun United States novelist (1862 1937) • Syn: ↑Wharton, ↑Edith Newbold Jones Wharton • Instance Hypernyms: ↑writer, ↑author * * * Edith Wharton [ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Edith — /ee dith/, n. a female given name: from Old English words meaning rich, happy and war. Also, Edithe. * * * (as used in expressions) Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft Cavell Edith Louisa Evans Dame Edith Mary Hamilton Edith Head Edith Marsh Dame Edith …   Universalium

  • Edith — (as used in expressions) Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft Cavell, Edith (Louisa) Evans, Dame Edith (Mary) Hamilton, Edith Head, Edith Marsh, Dame (Edith) Ngaio Piaf, Edith Edith Giovanna Gassion Edith Anna Oenone Somerville y Violet Florence Martin… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Newbold — William Romaine Newbold (1865 1926). Profesor norteamericano, doctor en Filosofía en la Universidad de Pennsylvania (que obtuvo en 1891 por su trabajo A Prolegomena to a Theory of Belief ), es autor del libro The Cipher of Roger Bacon (1928),… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Newbold — /nooh bohld, nyooh /, n. a male given name. * * * (as used in expressions) Coe Sebastian Newbold Wharton Edith Newbold Edith Newbold Jones * * * …   Universalium

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