Quotes from Edith Wharton

Edith Wharton was an American novelist, short story writer, playwright, and designer. Wharton drew upon her insider's knowledge of the upper class New York aristocracy to realistically portray the lives and morals of the Gilded Age. She was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1921.

Born 01/24/1862

Place of Birth New York City

Died 08/11/1937

Place of Death Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt

Cause of Death stroke

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People pay for what they do, and still more, for what they have allowed themselves to become. And they pay for it simply: by the lives they lead.

@Edith Wharton

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