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Whar⋅ton

[hwawr-tn, wawr-]
–noun
Edith 1862–1937, U.S. novelist.
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Whar·ton   (hwôr'tn, wôr'-)   
American writer whose works include subtle satires on New York society, such as The House of Mirth (1905), and the short, tragic novel Ethan Frome (1911). She won a Pulitzer Prize in 1921 for The Age of Innocence.
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