Edith Wharton
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Edith Wharton (January 24 1862 – August 11 1937) was an American novelist, short story writer and design.
Wharton was born Edith Newbold Jones to the wealthy New York family often associated with the phrase "Keeping up with the Joneses". She combined her insider's view of America's privileged classes with a brilliant, natural wit to write humorous and incisive novels and short stories. As such, she was well-acquainted with many of her era's literary and public figures, including Henry James...
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