Wharton started her relief work for the refugees and worked unstintingly to provide help in whatever that was possible for her. Because of her strong connections in the French government, she was permitted to travel to the frontline during the First World War.
She moved to France after her marriage ended.
She designed and built ‘The Mount’ a home where she lived with her husband for 9 years till she divorced him. Her expertise included garden designing and interior designing. It prevailed mostly as a reaction to the romanticism that had taken up most of the century in its grip.Įdith Wharton was also a talented designer. Her writing style is called social realism, a style of the later part of the nineteenth century. Edith Wharton’s style included the use of subtle dramatic irony. The stories took place in vivid settings and contained satiric wit and moral seriousness. Her books were mainly about the elite class as she belonged to a wealthy family herself and was well aware of the society’s ups and downs. She is also known for writing horror stories involving ghosts and other paranormal activities. Wharton also published many short stories. The story is situated in New England farm a place she had known when she resided in Lenox, Massachusetts. The main character Ethan Frome, who is a farmer, falls for his wife’s cousin, Mattie. Another popular novel by Wharton is ‘Ethan Frome’ (1911). The rest of the book is about the events that follow these circumstances. With a twist of events he happens to fall in love with Ellen Olenska who has escaped from the misery of her own marriage. This was a story about an aristocrat Newland Archer who is engaged to the wealthy and the beautiful member of the elite society, May Welland. This made her the first woman to receive this award. She won a Pulitzer Prize for a novel she published in 1920 called ‘The Age of Innocence’. Wharton wrote numerous novels the more famous being ‘The House of Mirth’ (1905), ‘The Reef’ (1912), ‘The Custom of the Country’ (1913) and ‘Summer’ (1917). However her first novel ‘The Valley of Decision’ was published in 1902. She wrote poems for various magazines notably Harper’s and Scribner’s in the late 1800s. Her friendship with renowned writer Henry Jones guided her through her writing career.
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