Edith Wharton

I am hoping to write a blog on Edith Wharton soon and cover one or 2 of her novels. She was born as Edith Jones, in New York, in 1862. Her family were rich and members of the American aristocracy. She was related to upper class people of English and Dutch descent. She was educated by governesses and wrote poems and novellas, but did not have any of them published at first. She was expected to join in the social round and find a husband. She was ambivalent about "Society" and having to put aside her writing to attend parties and travel around searching for a suitable marriage. Her family spent time in Europe and she liked it better there. Her father died, and she found a husband, Edward Wharton. She and her husband travelled to Europe a good deal and shared an interest in the arts. But he suffered from depression and their marriage began to collapse. Edith started an affair with a journalist, Morton Fullerton. M/F