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January 24, 2012 By Meg Waite Clayton

Happy 150th, Edith Wharton!

Edith Wharton, the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for literature, was born on January 24, 1862, 150 years ago today.
Born Edith Newbold Jones into a wealthy American family – her family is said to have been the Joneses of “keeping up with the Joneses” fame – she was raised in part in Europe, and published her first stories and poetry even before she made her debut in society.
She went on the write 49 volumes of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Some of her most famous works explore the precarious position of women who defy society’s expectations, through characters including Lily Bart in The House of Mirth and Countess Ellen Olenska in The Age of Innocence.
Wharton also designed and built The Mount, a country home in Lenox, Massachusetts, which is now a National Historic Landmark, one of very few dedicated to women.
A number of events to celebrate the sesquicentennial of her birth are planned throughout the spring.
Are you a Wharton fan? Please share your favorite Wharton book or poem in the comment section below, or perhaps ever your favorite film adaptation! – Meg

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Meg Waite Clayton is the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of eight novels, including the Good Morning America Buzz pick and New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice THE POSTMISTRESS OF PARIS, the National Jewish Book Award finalist THE LAST TRAIN TO LONDON, the Langum-Prize honored THE RACE FOR PARIS, and THE WEDNESDAY SISTERS, one of Entertainment Weekly’s 25 Essential Best Friend Novels of all time. Her novels have been published in 23 languages. She has also written more than 100 pieces for major newspapers, magazines, and public radio, mentors in the OpEd Project, and is a member of the National Book Critics Circle and the California bar. megwaiteclayton.com

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