| Abstrakt: |
A biography of fiction writer, essayist, and poet Edith Wharton is presented. Wharton was born on January 24, 1862 in New York City to George Frederic and Lucretia Rhinelander Jones and died on August 11, 1938 in St.-Brice-sous-Foret, France. She was educated at home by governesses and later tutors and she was considered a highly intelligent, well-read, brilliant conversationalist. Her works include "The Greater Inclination," "Crucial Instances," and "The Descent of Man and Other Stories." |
