Edith Wharton

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Author
gptkb:Person
gptkbp:adaptation gptkb:Ethan_Frome_(film)
gptkb:The_Age_of_Innocence_(film)
gptkb:The_Custom_of_the_Country_(film)
gptkb:The_House_of_Mirth_(film)
The Glimpses of the Moon (film)
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:The_House_of_Mirth
gptkb:The_Atlantic_Monthly
gptkb:The_Century_Magazine
gptkb:The_New_York_Times
gptkb:The_Age_of_Innocence
gptkb:The_Writing_of_Fiction
gptkb:The_Custom_of_the_Country
gptkb:The_Children
gptkb:The_Glimpses_of_the_Moon
gptkb:The_Reef
Literary Modernism
The Touchstone
The Fruit of the Tree
gptkbp:award gptkb:Pulitzer_Prize
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Pulitzer_Prize
Honorary Doctorate from Yale University
gptkbp:birth_date January 24, 1862
gptkbp:born gptkb:The_Wharton_House
January 24, 1862
The Wharton family home in New York
gptkbp:burial_place Ashes scattered in the Green Mountains
gptkbp:cultural_impact Significant influence on women's literature
gptkbp:death_date August 11, 1937
gptkbp:died August 11, 1937
gptkbp:education gptkb:The_School_of_the_Sacred_Heart
gptkb:Bryn_Mawr_College
gptkb:The_Lawrence_School
gptkb:Miss_Porter's_School
gptkbp:famous_for Exploring themes of wealth and social class
Depicting the lives of the American elite
Writing about the constraints of society
Exploring the lives of the American elite
gptkbp:famous_quote “ The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.”
“ If only we could be given a second chance at life, we would be able to do it right.”
“ Life is always a tightrope or a feather bed. Give me the tightrope.”
“ There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.”
“ I think of my work as a kind of a bridge.”
gptkbp:genre gptkb:Novels
gptkb:Fiction
Literary criticism
Literary fiction
Short stories
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Edith Wharton
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:F._Scott_Fitzgerald
gptkb:Virginia_Woolf
gptkb:Willa_Cather
gptkb:T._S._Eliot
American literature
gptkbp:influenced_artists Literary fiction
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Henry_James
gptkbp:inspired Future generations of writers
gptkbp:involvement World War I efforts
gptkbp:literary_movement gptkb:Realism
Naturalism
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notable_achievement First woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
gptkbp:notable_awards gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Letters
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:The_House_of_Mirth
gptkb:Ethan_Frome
gptkb:The_Age_of_Innocence
gptkb:Ethan_Frome_(film_adaptation)
gptkb:Ethan_Frome_(opera_adaptation)
gptkb:The_Age_of_Innocence_(film_adaptation)
gptkb:The_Age_of_Innocence_(opera_adaptation)
gptkb:The_Custom_of_the_Country_(film_adaptation)
gptkb:The_House_of_Mirth_(film_adaptation)
gptkb:The_House_of_Mirth_(opera_adaptation)
gptkb:The_Writing_of_Fiction
gptkb:The_Custom_of_the_Country
gptkb:The_Children
gptkb:The_Glimpses_of_the_Moon
gptkb:The_Reef
The Touchstone
A Backward Glance
The Glimpses of the Moon (film adaptation)
The Writing of Fiction (book adaptation)
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:short_stories
gptkb:designers
gptkb:Novelist
gptkbp:philanthropy Supported the arts
Supported literary societies
Supported the American Red Cross
Supported the French war effort
Supported women's education
gptkbp:place_of_birth gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:place_of_death gptkb:Plymouth,_Vermont
gptkbp:posthumous_recognition gptkb:Edith_Wharton_Award_for_Fiction
gptkb:Edith_Wharton_Prize_for_Fiction
gptkbp:related_to gptkb:literature
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Edward_Wharton
gptkbp:style gptkb:Realism
gptkbp:themes Society and class
gptkbp:won gptkb:Pulitzer_Prize
gptkbp:writings Pioneering female authorship
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:The_House_of_Mirth
gptkb:Ethan_Frome
gptkb:The_Age_of_Innocence
gptkb:The_Writing_of_Fiction
gptkb:The_Custom_of_the_Country
gptkb:The_Children
gptkb:The_Glimpses_of_the_Moon
gptkb:The_Reef
A Backward Glance
gptkbp:year gptkb:1921
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gptkb:F._Scott_Fitzgerald
gptkb:Willa_Cather
gptkb:Boston_Marriage
gptkb:Édith_Piaf
gptkb:The_Age_of_Innocence
gptkb:Alice_Lee_Roosevelt_Longworth
gptkb:Isabella_Stewart_Gardner_Museum
gptkb:The_Bishop's_Wife
gptkb:The_Age_of_Innocence_(1993)
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