Edith Wharton

By jpatton22
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    Edith Wharton's Life and Times

  • Edith Wharton Born

    Born Edith Newbold Jones in New York City, NY.

  • Civil War Ends

  • Edith Marries Edward R. (Teddy) Wharton

  • Wharton moves into The Mount

    Edith Wharton moves into her 113 acre estate The Mount in Lenox, Massachusetts.

  • Wharton publishes The House of Mirth

  • Wharton Publishes Ethan Frome

  • Titanic Sinks

    The RMS Titanic sinks on its maiden voyage.

  • Wharton publishes The Reef

  • Edith and Teddy Wharton divorce

  • Wharton publishes The Custom of the County

  • Wharton publishes Summer

  • America Enters World War I

    America declares war and begins its entry into World War I

  • Edith Wharton Moves to France

  • Wharton Wins Pulitzer Prize

    Edith Wharton wins the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for her novel The House of Mirth. She is the first woman to win the prize in this category.

  • Wharton publishes Old New York

  • Wharton publishes The Mother's Recompense

  • Stock Market Crashes

    The stock market crashes & America begins to enter into the Great Depression.

  • Edith Wharton Publishes her Autobiography.

    Wharton publishes A Backward Glance, her autobiography.

  • Edith Wharton Dies

    Edith Wharton dies in France at the age of 75.