Edith Newbold Jones [Wharton] was born on January 24, 1862 to George Frederic and Lucretia Jones. She was to become a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, with works that include: "The House of Mirth" (1905), "The Custom of the Country" (1913), and "The Age of Innocence" (1920). Read more about the life of Edith Wharton:

• Profile: Edith Wharton
• About "The Age of Innocence"
• House of Mirth - Edith Wharton
• Roman Fever - Edith Wharton
• Collected Works - Edith Wharton
• Books About American Writers in Paris
• Books About Literary Travel
• Books About Edith Wharton
• Books by Edith Wharton
• New York Books

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