edith newbold jones wharton
Definition
- Proper noun:
- Edith Newbold Jones Wharton: The full name of a prominent American novelist, short story writer, and designer who lived from 1862 to 1937. She is recognized for her insightful portrayals of upper-class American society in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Usage Examples
- Proper noun:
- The novel "The Age of Innocence" earned Edith Newbold Jones Wharton the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1921.
- Scholars often study the works of Edith Newbold Jones Wharton to understand Gilded Age society.
Advanced Usage
- The name is often shortened to Edith Wharton in common literary and academic discourse.
- The Edith Wharton Society promotes the study of her life and works.
Variants and Related Words
- Wharton (surname): Often used alone to refer to the author, especially in an academic or literary context.
- A Wharton scholar gave a lecture on the author's use of irony.
- Edith Wharton (common shortened form): The standard and most frequent way to refer to the novelist.
- We are reading a short story by Edith Wharton.
Synonyms
- Author: A general term for a writer of books.
- Novelist: A writer of novels, which is her primary recognized profession.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- The Age of Innocence: The title of her most famous novel, which has become an idiom for a perceived period of social and moral simplicity.
- He looks back on his childhood as a lost age of innocence.
Noun
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United States novelist (1862-1937)
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