Edith Wharton
- Birth name: Edith Newbold Jones
American
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Lineage
- Father George Frederic Jones
- Brother: Frederick Rhinelander Jones
American author - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1862/01/24 | Edith Wharton is born at 14 W 23th St in New York City. | Born | Edith Wharton's Childhood Home | New York City | Edith Wharton's Birthday | ||
| 1866/00/00 | Jones family travels to Italy, France, Spain and Germany. | Visitor | |||||
| 1872/00/00 | Jones family returns to New York. They summer in Newport, Rhode Island. | Visitor | |||||
| 1877/00/00 | Aspiring novelist Edith Wharton writes "Fast and Loose", the story of an egoist young woman. | Author | Fast and Loose (Wharton book) | ||||
| 1878/00/00 | Verses - published | Author | Verses | ||||
| 1885/04/29 | At age 23, Edith Newbold Jones marries Edward Robbins Wharton, who is 12 years her senior, at the Trinity Chapel Complex in New York City. | Bride | Trinity Chapel Complex | New York City | Marriage of Edith Wharton and Edward Robbins Wharton | ||
| 1888/00/00 | The Wharton family take a Mediterranean cruise with James Van Alen. | Guest | |||||
| 1889/00/00 | The Wharton's buy Land's End, an oceanfront estate at the end of Bellevue Avenue. | Home | Lands End Mansion | Newport, RI | |||
| 1891/00/00 | Edith Wharton buys a townhouse at 882-884 Park Ave, New York and hires Ogden Codman Jr to redesign the interior. | Home | |||||
| 1892/00/00 | Sometime around 1892, Edith Wharton writes "Bunner Sisters". | Author | Bunner Sisters | ||||
| 1894/00/00 | The Whartons meet Vernon Lee in Italy. Born Violet Paget in 1856 to English parents who lived on the Continent, Lee authored a number of novels, short stories, travel essays, studies of Italian art and music, psychological aesthetics, polemics. | Life | |||||
| 1897/00/00 | "The Decoration of Houses" is published. | Author | The Decoration of Houses | ||||
| 1899/02/25 | Souls Belated - published | Author | Souls Belated | ||||
| 1899/03/25 | Written in the 1890s, "A Journey" by Edith Wharton is included in 'The Greater Inclination'. | Author | A Journey (Short Story) | ||||
| 1900/07/00 | Whartons summer at The Poplars in Lenox. | Visitor | |||||
| 1901/00/00 | Eager to escape Newport, Whartons buy 113-acre Laurel Lake Farm in Lenox for $40,600. Edith plans The Mount, a home created for a designer, gardener, hostess and writer. | Architect, Home | The Mount | Lenox, MA | |||
| 1901/02/29 | "The Angel at the Grave" is published in Scribner's Magazine on February 29th, 1901 and appeared in the collection Crucial Instances the same year. | Author | The Angel at the Grave | ||||
| 1902/00/00 | "The Mission of Jane" by Edith Wharton is published in Harper's Monthly. | Author | The Mission of Jane (Short Story) | ||||
| 1902/11/00 | "The Lady's Maid's Bell" by Edith Wharton is published in Scribner's. | Author | The Lady's Maid's Bell (short story) | ||||
| 1903/12/00 | Although she tried to meet Henry James in 1885, Edith Wharton makes the acquaintance of Mr James in London. | Home | |||||
| 1904/00/00 | Italian Villas and Their Gardens - published | Author | Italian Villas and Their Gardens | ||||
| 1905/00/00 | Volunteer Associate Manager, Edith Wharton, and Assistant Librarian, Kate Spencer, become friends while working at the Lenox Library. | Work | Lenox Library | Lenox, MA | |||
| 1905/00/00 | Italian Backgrounds - published | Author | Italian Backgrounds | ||||
| 1905/03/16 | TR host Edith Wharton, George Cabot Lodge, his wife Mathilda, and Cornelia Bryce Pinchot for a literary salon. | Guest | The White House | Washington, DC | |||
| 1905/10/14 | "The House of Mirth" by Edith Wharton is published by Charles Scribner's Sons. | Author | The House of Mirth (book) | ||||
| 1906/12/00 | Edith and Teddy sublet an apartment from George Vanderbilt at 53 rue de Varenne, Paris. | Home | Residence de Wharton Vanderbilt | Paris | |||
| 1907/00/00 | Wharton writes a story for her French tutor to improve her conversational skills. Written in French, the characters include a poor New England farmer named Hart, his wife, Anna, and Anna's niece, Mattie. | Author | Ethan Frome (book) | Residence de Wharton Vanderbilt | Paris | ||
| 1907/03/02 | Madame de Treymes - published | Author | Madame de Treymes | ||||
| 1908/00/00 | The Hermit and the Wild Woman and Other Stories - published | Author | The Hermit and the Wild Woman and Other Stories | ||||
| 1908/00/00 | Teddy Robbins Wharton's mental state is determined to be incurable. | Life | Marriage of Edith Wharton and Edward Robbins Wharton | ||||
| 1909/00/00 | Artemis to Actaeon and Other Verse - published | Author | Artemis to Actaeon and Other Verse | ||||
| 1910/00/00 | Whartons separate. Edith Wharton rents an apartment in Paris, France. | Life | Marriage of Edith Wharton and Edward Robbins Wharton | ||||
| 1910/01/00 | Edith Wharton's "Afterward" is published in Century Magazine. | Author | Afterward (short story) | ||||
| 1910/06/00 | "The Eyes" by Edith Wharton is published in Scribner's. | Author | The Eyes (short story) | ||||
| 1910/10/00 | Tales of Men and Ghosts - published | Author | Tales of Men and Ghosts | ||||
| 1911/00/00 | The Whartons sell The Mount in Lenox, Mass. Edith moves permanently to France and Teddy returns to his sister's home in Lenox, Mass. | Bride | The Mount | Lenox, MA | Marriage of Edith Wharton and Edward Robbins Wharton | ||
| 1911/07/00 | Derived from a French saying, Autres temps, autres moeurs (other times, other customs), Edith Wharton's "Autre Temps ..." is published in Century Magazine as "Times, Other Manners". | Author | Autre Temps ... (Short Story) | ||||
| 1911/08/00 | "Ethan Frome" is serialized in Scribner's Magazine from August to October 1911. They paid $2,500 for the serial rights and gave Edith a $2,000 advance against book royalties. | Author | Ethan Frome (book) | ||||
| 1912/00/00 | The Reef - published | Author | The Reef | ||||
| 1912/02/00 | "Ethan Frome" is published simultaneously in London and New York. | Author | Ethan Frome (book) | ||||
| 1914/00/00 | Edith Wharton establishes American Hostels for Refugees. | Benefactor | |||||
| 1914/08/01 | War? Of course there couldn't be war! .... Paris went on steadily with its mid-summer business of feeding, dressing and amusing the great army of tourists who were the only invaders she had seen in nearly half a century. - EW | Guest | Fighting France: From Dunkerque to Belfort | Hotel de Crillon | Paris | ||
| 1915/00/00 | Edith Wharton creates Children of Flanders Rescue Committee. | Benefactor | |||||
| 1915/00/00 | France, from Dunkerque to Belfort - published | Author | Fighting France: From Dunkerque to Belfort | ||||
| 1916/10/00 | Edith Wharton's "Xingu and Other Stories" is published by Charles Scribner's Sons. | Author | Xingu and Other Stories | ||||
| 1916/10/00 | Edith Wharton's "Xingu and Other Stories" is published by Charles Scribner's Sons. | Author | Bunner Sisters | ||||
| 1917/00/00 | Written in Paris during the Great War, "Summer" is published by Charles Scribner's Sons. | Author | Summer | ||||
| 1918/00/00 | "The Marne" by Edith Wharton published by Macmillan and Co, St Martin's street, London. Printed by R and R Clark, Edinburgh. | Author | The Marne (book) | ||||
| 1919/00/00 | Edith Wharton moves to Pavillon Colombe. She leases Ste Claire during winter months. | Home | |||||
| 1920/10/00 | "The Age of Innocence" is published by Appleton in book form in October 1920 in New York and London. | Author | The Age of Innocence (book) | 1921 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction | |||
| 1920/10/00 | In Morocco - published | Author | In Morocco | ||||
| 1921/06/00 | Edith Wharton, the first woman to be honored, receives the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for "The Age of Innocence" for "best presenting the wholesome atmosphere of American life." | Author | The Age of Innocence (book) | 1921 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction | |||
| 1923/00/00 | A Son at the Front - published | Author | A Son at the Front | ||||
| 1924/00/00 | Old New York - published | Author | Old New York | ||||
| 1925/00/00 | "Bewitched" is first published in the Pictorial Review. | Author | Bewitched (short story) | ||||
| 1927/00/00 | Edith Wharton is nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1927. | Nominee | |||||
| 1928/00/00 | Edith Wharton is nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1928. | Nominee | |||||
| 1930/00/00 | Edith Wharton is nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1930. | Nominee | |||||
| 1932/00/00 | The Gods Arrive - published | Author | The Gods Arrive | ||||
| 1934/00/00 | A Backward Glance - published | Author | A Backward Glance | ||||
| 1934/11/10 | "Roman Fever" by Edith Wharton appears in Liberty magazine. | Author | Roman Fever (short story) | ||||
| 1935/00/00 | "The Looking Glass" by Edith Wharton is published. | Author | The Looking Glass (Wharton Short Story) | ||||
| 1937/00/00 | "The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton" is published. | Author | The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton | ||||
| 1937/08/11 | Edith Wharton dies at age 75 at Pavillon Colombe, a suburban villa in the village of St Brice-sous-Foret. She is buried, in the Cimetiere des Gonards in Versailles, close to her friend Walter Berry. | Died |
117 Creative Works by Edith Wharton »
| Title | Type | Association | Y/M/D | Moniker |
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| Title | Type | Association | Y/M/D | Moniker |
| Verses | Author | Poems | 1878/00/00 | |
| The Decoration of Houses | Author | Book | 1897/00/00 | |
| The Muse's Tragedy (Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1899/01/00 | |
| Souls Belated | Author | Short Story | 1899/02/25 | |
| A Journey (Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1899/03/25 |
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| The Portrait (Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1899/03/25 | |
| The Twilight of the God (Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1899/03/25 | |
| A Coward (Wharton short story) | Author | Short Story | 1899/03/25 | |
| A Cup of Cold Water (Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1899/03/25 | |
| The Pelican (Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1899/03/25 | |
| The Greater Inclination | Author | Book | 1899/03/25 | |
| The Touchstone | Author | Book | 1900/00/00 | |
| Copy: A Dialogue (Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1901/00/00 | |
| The Moving Finger (Wharton Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1901/00/00 | |
| Crucial Instances | Author | Book | 1901/00/00 | |
| The Rembrandt (Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1901/00/00 | |
| The Duchess at Prayer (Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1901/00/00 | |
| The Confessional (Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1901/00/00 | |
| The Recovery (Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1901/00/00 | |
| The Angel at the Grave | Author | Short Story | 1901/02/29 | |
| The Valley of Decision | Author | Novel | 1902/00/00 | |
| The Quicksand (Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1902/00/00 | |
| The Mission of Jane (Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1902/00/00 |
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| The Reckoning | Author | Short Story | 1902/08/00 | |
| The Lady's Maid's Bell (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1902/11/00 | |
| The Dilettante (Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1903/00/00 | |
| Sanctuary (Wharton book) | Author | Mezzobula | 1903/00/00 | |
| A Venetian Night's Entertainment (Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1903/12/00 | |
| The Descent of Man and Other Stories | Author | Short Story Collection | 1904/00/00 | |
| The Descent of Man (Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1904/00/00 | |
| Italian Villas and Their Gardens | Author | Essay | 1904/00/00 | |
| The Letter (Wharton Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1904/00/00 | |
| The Other Two (Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1904/02/00 |
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| The Last Asset (Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1904/08/00 | |
| The Pot-Boiler (Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1904/12/00 | |
| The Best Man (Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1905/00/00 | |
| Italian Backgrounds | Author | Book | 1905/00/00 | |
| The House of Mirth (book) | Author | Novel | 1905/10/14 |
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| In Trust (Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1906/00/00 | |
| The Hermit and the Wild Woman (Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1906/02/00 | |
| The Fruit of the Tree | Author | Book | 1907/00/00 | |
| Madame de Treymes | Author | Mezzobula | 1907/03/02 | |
| A Motor-Flight Through France | Author | Book | 1908/00/00 | |
| The Hermit and the Wild Woman and Other Stories | Author | Book | 1908/00/00 | |
| Expiation (Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1908/00/00 | |
| The Verdict (Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1908/06/00 | |
| The Pretext (Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1908/08/00 | |
| Artemis to Actaeon and Other Verse | Author | Poems | 1909/00/00 | |
| Afterward (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1910/01/00 |
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| The Eyes (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1910/06/00 | |
| Tales of Men and Ghosts | Author | Short Story Collection | 1910/10/00 | |
| Autre Temps ... (Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1911/07/00 |
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| The Reef | Author | Book | 1912/00/00 | |
| Ethan Frome (book) | Author | Mezzobula | 1912/02/00 |
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| The Custom of the Country | Author | Book | 1913/00/00 | |
| The Triumph of Night (Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1914/00/00 | |
| Fighting France: From Dunkerque to Belfort | Author | Book | 1915/00/00 | |
| The Book of the Homeless | Author | Book | 1916/00/00 | |
| Xingu (Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1916/02/27 | |
| Kerfol (Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1916/05/00 | |
| The Long Run (Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1916/10/00 | |
| The Choice (Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1916/10/00 | |
| Coming Home (Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1916/10/00 | |
| Bunner Sisters | Author | Mezzobula | 1916/10/00 |
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| Xingu and Other Stories | Author | Book | 1916/10/00 | |
| Summer | Author | Book | 1917/00/00 |
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| The Marne (book) | Author | Mezzobula | 1918/00/00 | |
| French Ways and Their Meaning | Author | Book | 1919/00/00 | |
| In Morocco | Author | Travelogue | 1920/10/00 | |
| The Age of Innocence (book) | Author | Novel | 1920/10/00 |
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| The Glimpses of the Moon | Author | Book | 1922/00/00 |
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| A Son at the Front | Author | Book | 1923/00/00 | |
| Old New York | Author | Florilegium | 1924/00/00 | |
| The Writing of Fiction | Author | Book | 1925/00/00 | |
| Bewitched (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1925/00/00 | |
| Miss Mary Pask (Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1925/00/00 | |
| The Mother's Recompense | Author | Book | 1925/00/00 | |
| Here and Beyond | Author | Short Story Collection | 1926/00/00 | |
| The Seed of the Faith (Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1926/00/00 | |
| Twelve Poems | Author | Book | 1926/00/00 | |
| The Young Gentlemen (Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1926/00/00 | |
| The Temperate Zone (Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1926/00/00 | |
| Velvet Ear-Pads (Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1926/00/00 | |
| Twilight Sleep | Author | Book | 1927/01/02 | |
| The Children | Author | Book | 1928/00/00 | |
| Hudson River Bracketed | Author | Book | 1929/00/00 | |
| Mr Jones (Wharton Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1930/00/00 | |
| The Refugees (Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1930/00/00 | |
| A Bottle of Perrier (Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1930/00/00 | |
| After Holbein (Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1930/00/00 | |
| Certain People | Author | Short Story Collection | 1930/00/00 | |
| Dieu D'amour (Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1930/00/00 | |
| Atrophy (Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1930/00/00 | |
| Pomegranate Seed (Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1931/00/00 | |
| The Gods Arrive | Author | Book | 1932/00/00 | |
| Diagnosis (Wharton Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1933/00/00 | |
| Joy in the House (Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1933/00/00 | |
| A Glimpse (Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1933/00/00 | |
| Human Nature | Author | Short Story Collection | 1933/00/00 | |
| The Day of the Funeral (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1933/00/00 | |
| Her Son (Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1933/00/00 | |
| A Backward Glance | Author | Book | 1934/00/00 | |
| Roman Fever (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1934/11/10 |
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| The Looking Glass (Wharton Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1935/00/00 | |
| The World Over | Author | Short Story Collection | 1936/00/00 | |
| The Blond Beast (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1937/00/00 | |
| The Legend (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1937/00/00 | |
| The Bolted Door (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1937/00/00 | |
| The Letters (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1937/00/00 | |
| The Daunt Diana (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1937/00/00 | |
| All Souls (Wharton Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1937/00/00 | |
| Full Circle (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1937/00/00 | |
| The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton | Author | Short Story Collection | 1937/00/00 | |
| The Debt (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1937/00/00 | |
| His Father's Son (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1937/00/00 | |
| The Buccaneers | Author | Book | 1938/00/00 | |
| Fast and Loose (Wharton book) | Author | Mezzobula | 1938/00/00 |