Edith Wharton
Edith Wharton was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, recognized for her incisive portraits of New York's Gilded Age aristocracy. Her novels dissect the constraints of social convention with psychological depth and wit.
Works
- The Age of InnocenceNovel exploring social constraints and marriage in upper-class New York society
- The House of MirthNovel about a woman's struggle for independence against rigid social expectations
- Ethan FromeNovella depicting a troubled marriage and lost love in a harsh New England winter
- The Custom of the CountryNovel following a woman's ruthless social climbing and opportunistic pursuits
- The ReefNovel exploring attraction and relationships among the American expatriate community