You can mark you interesting snippets of text that will be available through a unique link in your browser.


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).

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

  
Share  

Look at other dictionaries:

  • 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 — ▪ 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 Wharton — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Edith Wharton Edith Wharton fotografiada en 1915. Nombre Edith Wharton …   Wikipedia Español

  • Edith Wharton — geborene Edith Newbold Jones (* 24. Januar 1862 in New York City; † 11. August 1937 in Saint Brice sous Forêt, Frankreich) war eine amerikanische Romanautorin und Verfasserin von spöttelnden Geschichten über die „obere Gesellschaft”. Edith… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Edith Wharton — Activités Écrivain Naissance 24 janvier 1862 New York …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Wharton —   [wɔːtn], Edith, geborene Newbold Jones [ njuːbəʊld dʒəʊnz], amerikanische Schriftstellerin, * New York 24. 1. 1862, ✝ Saint Brice sous Forêt (bei Paris) 11. 8. 1937; stammte aus einer New Yorker Patrizierfamilie; verbrachte ihre Jugend… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Wharton — * * * 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 — Infobox Writer name = Edith Wharton birthdate = birth date|1862|1|24|mf=y birthplace = New York City, New York deathdate = death date and age|1937|8|11|1862|1|24|mf=y deathplace = Saint Brice sous Forêt, France occupation = Novelist, short story… …   Wikipedia

  • 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

  • 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