Edith Wharton

Edith Wharton (January 24, 1862 – August 11, 1937) was an American novelist, short story writer, and designer.

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Born Edith Newbold Jones, to a wealthy New York family often associated with the phrase Keeping up with the Joneses, Edith combined her insights into the privileged classes with her natural wit to write novels and short fiction which are notable for their humor and incisiveness.

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In 1885, age 23, she married Edward (Teddy) Robbins Wharton, who was twelve years her senior. They were divorced in 1913 on the grounds of Teddy's repeated, public infidelities and declining mental and physical health. For several years at the end of her tumultuous, unhappy marriage, she had an affair with William Morton Fullerton (1865-1952), an American-born bisexual man-about-town who worked as a journalist for the Times and juggled romances with Lord Ronald Gower, the Ranee of Sarawak, and Camille Chabbert, aka Ixo, an opera singer who was reported to be a mistress of the King of Portugal.

January 24: January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 341 days remaining (342 in leap years)....

August 11: August 11 is the 223rd day of the year (224th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 142 days remaining....

1937: 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar)....

Edith Wharton related Images and Photos (experimental)

Edith Piaf	Edith Cavell the Murder of Miss Cavell Inspires German Kultur	Edith Erastoff and Victor Sjöström: Berg-Ejvind Och Hans Hustru 1918	Edith Piaf with Jacques Pills in Cannes France married 1952 to 1956
Singer Edith Piaf Holding Her Hands to Her Head While Performing with Pianist and Bass Player	And So They Were Married Jackie Moran Edith Fellows Melvyn Douglas Mary Astor 1936	An Enamelled Triptych by Nelson and Edith Dawson (1859-1942) 1896