Wharton [uo:rtn] Edith, ur. 24 I 1862, Nowy Jork, zm. 11 VIII 1937, Saint-Brice-sous-Foret (Francja), pisarka amerykańska;
od 1907 we Francji; wzorując się na twórczości H. Jamesa, opisywała z ironicznym dystansem obyczaje i mentalność elity nowojorskiej, rozterki psychiczne i moralne bohaterów borykających się daremnie z presją konwenansu społ.; powieści Ethan Frome (1911, wyd. pol. 1976), Wiek niewinności (1920, wyd. pol. 1981); pol. wybory opowiadań Stary Nowy Jork (1924, wyd. pol. 1966), Opowieści małżeńskie (1983).
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