The Life and Times of Edith WhartonBookCaps Study Guides, 2012 - Biography & Autobiography Edith Wharton is one of the most influencial American female writers; her works have inspired thousands of writers, but who inspired her? Find out in this short work about her life and times. |
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Adulthood Age of Innocence American background began biographers Brownstone Childhood Codman concerned about Edith's daughter Decoration of Houses Edith and Teddy Edith continued Edith wanted Edith was disappointed Edith Wharton Edith's mother Edith's parents Edward Renshaw Jones enjoyed exposed father had died fellow writer fortune France French Fullerton George Frederic Jones governesses Harry Stevens Harry’s Henry James House of Mirth intellectual intelligentsia interest Italy Jones family Joneses journal entry knew known as Freddy later Lenox lived in Paris living in Europe love affair loved to read Lucretia Jones Manhattan mansion married never nouveau riche novel old money old New York older brother Pencraig publication relationship return to Newport Rhinelander Schermerhorn Scribner’s Magazine speak English spend Stevens family suffered Teddy Wharton unhappy marriage visited the Whartons visiting Europe Walter Berry wealth and privilege Wharton spent Wharton was born wife Lucretia world of old writing routine York families York society young