WebEdith Wharton (/ ˈ hw ɔːr t ən /; born Edith Newbold Jones; January 24, 1862 – August 11, 1937) was an American novelist, short story writer, and interior designer.Wharton drew upon her insider's knowledge of the upper-class New York "aristocracy" to realistically portray the lives and morals of the Gilded Age.In 1921, she became the first woman to …

WebEdith Wharton (nata Edith Newbold Jones) (New York, 24 gennaio 1862 – Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt, 11 agosto 1937) è stata una scrittrice e poetessa statunitense. Firma di Edith Wharton. Fu la prima donna a vincere il premio Pulitzer per il romanzo L'età dell'innocenza (The Age of innocence) nel 1921

WebEdith Wharton, née Edith Newbold Jones le 24 janvier 1862 à New York (États-Unis) et morte le 11 août 1937 à Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt (Val-d'Oise, France), est une romancière, nouvelliste, poétesse et essayiste américaine.Première femme à obtenir le prix Pulitzer du roman, Edith Wharton a laissé au moins trois romans majeurs : Chez les heureux du …

WebEdith is a feminine given name derived from the Old English words ēad, meaning 'riches or blessed', and is in common usage in this form in English, German, many Scandinavian languages and Dutch.Its French form is Édith.Contractions and variations of this name include Ditte, Dita, and Edie. It was a common first name prior to the 16th century, when it …

WebThe Buccaneers is the last novel written by Edith Wharton.The story is set in the 1870s, around the time Wharton was a young girl. It was unfinished at the time of her death in 1937 and published in that form in 1938. Wharton's manuscript ends with Lizzy inviting Nan to a house party, to which Guy Thwaite has also been invited.The book was published in 1938 …

WebThe Custom of the Country at Project Gutenberg; The Custom of the Country at Faded Page (Canada); The Custom of the Country public domain audiobook at LibriVox; Schneeberger, Sarah Ashley (2018). The Disillusion of Marriage: The Failing Quest for Happiness in Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth, Summer, and The Custom of the …

WebBeauty & Crime is the seventh studio album by singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega.It is her first album of new material since 2001's Songs in Red and Gray and her first for Blue Note Records.It was released on July 17, 2007. Beauty & Crime won the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical, on February 11, 2008.It was dedicated to Tim Vega, …

WebThe Old Maid is a 1939 American drama film directed by Edmund Goulding.The screenplay by Casey Robinson is based on the 1935 Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name by Zoë Akins, which was adapted from the 1924 Edith Wharton novella The Old Maid: the Fifties (taken from the collection of novellas Old New York

WebLady Constance Georgina Bulwer-Lytton (12 February 1869 – 2 May 1923), usually known as Constance Lytton, was an influential British suffragette activist, writer, speaker and campaigner for prison reform, votes for women, and birth control.She used the name Jane Warton to avoid receiving special treatment when imprisoned for suffragist protests. ...

WebIn video games, Elden Ring wins Game of the Year at The Game Awards. American basketball player Brittney Griner and Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout (pictured) are freed via a prisoner exchange.; In Germany, 25 members of a far-right group are arrested in connection with a coup d'état plot.; Albert Rösti and Élisabeth Baume-Schneider are …