Edith Wharton

Edith Wharton was a poet, essayist, short story writer, and novelist. In 1921 she became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Literature, awarded for her novel The Age of Innocence.

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  3. Confessions of a Novelist

    “I remember saying to myself, when the book was done: ‘I don’t yet know how to write a novel; but I know how to find out how to.’”

    Edith Wharton
    A circular black-and-white portrait of Edith Wharton
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