Edith Wharton Birthday, Real Name, Age, Weight, Height, Family, Facts, Death Cause, Dress Size, Contact Details, Spouse(Husband), Bio & More
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
REAL NAME
Edith Newbold Jones
BIRTHDAY
BORN ON DAY
Friday
BIRTHPLACE
New York City, United States
DIED AT AGE
75 Years 6 Months 18 Days
DEATHDATE
August 11, 1937
DEATHPLACE
Saint Brice sous Foret, France
CAUSE OF DEATH
Stroke
NATIONALITY
PROFESSION
ZODIAC
AQUARIUS
ALSO NOTED FOR
Short Story Writer, Designer
Physical Stats
WAIST
N/A
Hip
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DRESS SIZE
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HEIGHT
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WEIGHT
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Edith Wharton Family Members
Parents
MOTHER
Lucretia Stevens Rhinelander
FATHER
George Frederic Jones
BROTHER(S) NAME
Frederic Rhinelander Jones
Edith Wharton Marriage, Affairs and Children
SPOUSE
Edward Robbins Wharton (1885-1913)
Fame & Address
DEBUT
The Valley of Decision (1902)
FAMOUS FROM/AS
The House of Mirth (1905)
Education, Net Worth & More
More Information
Career of Edith Wharton
She started writing poetry and fiction when she was just eleven. In her time writing was not considered a proper occupation for a social woman, her work was printed but she did not get the credit for that and was paid $50 only. Her career began after her marriage as she got freedom of traveling and writing.
Some Lesser Known Facts About Edith Wharton
- Did Edith Wharton takes alcohol? NA.
- Was Edith Wharton in the habit of Smoking? NA.
- There was also rumor of her biological father and some sources say that her father was their family English teacher not George Frederic Jones.
- She wrote her first novella named Fast and Loose at the age of fifteen but had not said anything about it to anybody.
- She took divorce from her husband in 1913 as he was suffering from mental illness for a very long time.
- Besides a good writer, she was also a designer and wrote a book called "The Decoration of Houses".
- After winning a Pulitzer Prize for literature, she became the first woman to win such title. Also, she was a recipient of an honorary Doctorate of Letters from Yale and was awarded a full membership in the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
- She suffered a nervous breakdown just after the publication of her book "The Decoration of Houses". Her physician suggested her that she should write fiction for therapy and for that she wrote "The Greater Inclination".
- Her first novel which she had written in her teenage was published a year after her death.
- She died at her house on Rue de Montmorency but now the name of the street has been changed to rue Edith Wharton in order to give her a tribute.
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