The first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize, Edith Wharton's Ethan Frome is considered her masterpiece. Based on the memories of her time in Massachusetts, the 1911 fictional novel of difficult interpersonal relations still affects readers today.
Edith Wharton (1862-1937) was an American novelist and short story writer. She was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Literature, which was awarded to her novel The Age of Innocence in 1921.