Edith Wharton was an American novelist who lived from 1862 to 1937. She wrote over 40 books in her career, including Ethan Frome and The House of Mirth. Wharton was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and received honorary degrees from Yale University. She built her home called The Mount in 1902 and was known for her ghost stories and writing about Italian architecture.

1. EDITH
WHARTON
By Kaitlyn Williams

2. BIOGRAPHY
• Born in 1862 and died in 1937
• Built The Mount in 1902
• She wrote over 40 books in 40 years
• Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
• An honorary Doctorate of Letters
from Yale University
• Full membership in the American
Academy of Arts and Letters

3. THE MOUNT

4. WORKS
 Ethan Frome (1911)
 The Ghost Stories of Edith
Wharton (1937)
 The House of Mirth (1905)
 Twilight Sleep (1927)
 Italian Villas and Their Gardens
(1904)

5. ETHAN FROME

6. LETTERS OF
FRIENDSHIP
She was said to be a
“Lady James” through her writing,
but she in fact made more money in
her career than he did. She talks
about buying a car with the money
she receives from one novel, and he
talks about how he is able to buy a
wheelbarrow, that needed paint.

7. BIBLIOGRAPHY
James, Henry, and Edith Wharton. Henry James and Edith Wharton: Letters, 1900-1915. Ed. Lyall Harris
Powers. New York: Scribner's, 1990. Print.
"The Mount | Edith Wharton's Home." The Mount | Edith Wharton's Home. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Oct.
2012. <http://www.edithwharton.org/>.
Wharton, Edith. Ethan Frome. New York: Scribner, 1939. Print.