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Edith Wharton

1862 - 1937

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Edith Newbold Wharton (; née Jones; January 24, 1862 – August 11, 1937) was an American writer and designer. Wharton drew upon her insider's knowledge of the upper-class New York "aristocracy" to portray, realistically, the lives and morals of the Gilded Age. In 1921, she became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her novel The Age of Innocence. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edith Wharton has received more than 3,008,765 page views. Her biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia. Edith Wharton is the 1,001st most popular writer (up from 1,071st in 2019), the 1,144th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,291st in 2019) and the 113th most popular American Writer.

Edith Wharton is best known for her novels, such as "The House of Mirth" and "Ethan Frome."

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  • 3.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 61

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Edith Wharton ranks 1,001 out of 7,302. Before her are Samuel Richardson, William Styron, Mimnermus, Henry Fielding, Jean Webster, and Nicolas Chamfort. After her are Bertran de Born, Mori Ōgai, Joseph Murphy, Ali Shariati, Jean Giraudoux, and Vladimir Bartol.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1862, Edith Wharton ranks 27. Before her are Emilio Salgari, Nikolai Yudenich, Louis Barthou, Gustav Ritter von Kahr, Victor, Prince Napoléon, and Daniel Swarovski. After her are Mori Ōgai, Loie Fuller, Siegbert Tarrasch, Prince Henry of Prussia, Mary Kingsley, and Henry McMahon. Among people deceased in 1937, Edith Wharton ranks 36. Before her are Frank B. Kellogg, Charles-Marie Widor, Keke Geladze, Jagadish Chandra Bose, Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse, and Albert Roussel. After her are Pavel Florensky, Ray Ewry, Wallace Carothers, Walter Simons, Bessie Smith, and Yeghishe Charents.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edith Wharton ranks 1,144 out of 20,380. Before her are William Styron (1925), Charles Cooley (1864), George H. Hitchings (1905), Jean Webster (1876), Paul D. Boyer (1918), and Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794). After her are Shelley Winters (1920), Steve Reeves (1926), Gena Rowlands (1930), Jeremy Renner (1971), George Carlin (1937), and Vincent Price (1911).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Edith Wharton ranks 113. Before her are Stephen Covey (1932), Donna Leon (1942), Will Durant (1885), Richard Matheson (1926), William Styron (1925), and Jean Webster (1876). After her are Noah Gordon (1926), William Gibson (1948), Mary Higgins Clark (1927), Marshall Rosenberg (1934), Sam Shepard (1943), and Tess Gerritsen (1953).

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