Edith Wharton (1862 – 1937) was an American novelist, short story writer, playwright, and 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. She was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1921 for The Age of Innocence. Her other novels include The House of Mirth, The Reef, and Ethan Frome.
Quotes by Edith Wharton…
There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
