Edith Wharton - Books

Edith Wharton was an American novelist, short story writer, and designer. She was born on January 24, 1862 and died on August 11, 1937. She designed and built The Mount in Lenox, Massachusetts in 1902. She wrote several novels there, including The House of Mirth in 1905. At The Mount is where she entertained American literary society, including her friends, Henry James, Sinclair Lewis, Jean Cocteau, and Andre Gide. She counted President Theodore Roosevelt among her friends. In 1921 she won the Pulitzer Prize for literature for her novel The Age of Innocence. She was the first women to win the award. In 1993 director Martin Scorsese adapted the novel into a movie that featured Michelle Pfeiffer, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Winona Ryder.