Edith Wharton

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EdithWharton

• 1862-1937

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Her Life

• Daughter of a prominent New York Family.
• Educated by tutors and governesses in New York
  and Europe
• Married a Boston banker.
• Immersed in the social life of the high society
  in Newport, Rhode Island Lenox, Mass. And Europe

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Her Writing

• Began writing on advice of a doctor. (to relieve
  the stress of caring for her ailing husband)
• The House of Mirth her first successful novel.
• Wrote about the shift in upper class society.
• Moved to Paris in 1913.
• Wrote The Age of Innocence in 1920.
• Buried in France.

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Kate Chopin

• 1850-1904

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Her Life

• Born in St. Louis, Missouri to wealthy family.
• At 19, married Oscar Chopin,a cotton trader,
  and moved to Louisiana.
• In 1883, her husband died, leaving her to raise 6
  children and carry on the work of the plantation.
• In 1884, moved back to St. Louis.

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The Writer

• Her mother died in 1885, leaving her in deep
  sorrow.
• Doctor suggests she write.
• She wrote of radical themes
• The nature of marriage
• Racial prejudice
• Womens desire for equality
• The Awakening is her most famous book.