A Backward Glance: An Autobiography
Edith Whartonwas born in 1862 into one of New York's older and richer families and was educated here and abroad. Her works include the Pulitzer Prize-winningThe Age of InnocenceandEthan Frome, The House of Mirth,andSummer.As a keen observer and chronicler of society, she is without peer. Edith Wharton died in France in 1937.