美國 世界大戰和冷戰  (1862年元月24日～1937年八月11日)

 故事演繹 narrative educe： 《一瓶畢雷礦泉水》 《亨利·詹姆斯 Henry James》 《小女孩》 現實百態 Realistic Fiction： 《假曙光》 《元旦》 《歡樂之傢 The House of Mirth》 《火花》 《石榴籽 吴静　彭阳辉》 《老處女》 《純真年代 The Age of Innocence》 閱讀伊迪絲·華頓 Edith Wharton在小说之家的作品!!!

　　伊迪絲.華頓( Edith Wharton) 是紐約一個名門望族瓊斯傢的女兒，生於1862年，她在傢中接受了良好的教育，後來多次出國旅行。1885年她和一個比她大十三歲的有錢的波士頓人愛德華.華頓結了婚。此人性格雖好，但他們卻很少共同之處，幾年以後，愛德華患了精神病，最終導致了他們的離婚，從此以後，伊迪絲長住巴黎，直到1937年去世。
　　
　　伊迪絲.華頓起初是為了排遣上流社會家庭生活的苦悶而開始寫作的。她從1880年開始發表小說，1889年第一部短篇小說集問世，獲得了意外的成功。1905年長篇小說《快樂之傢》出版，使她成了本世紀前二十年最受歡迎的美國作傢。1920年出版的《純真年代》為她獲得了普利策奬。她一共寫了十九部中長篇小說，出版過十一本短篇小說集，還有大量的非小說作品。

　　Edith. Wharton (Edith Wharton) is an established family in New York Jones had a daughter, born in 1862, she was home with a good education, then travel abroad several times. In 1885 she and a large 13-year-old than her wealthy Bostonian Edward. Wharton married. This man is good, but they rarely have in common, a few years later, Edward is suffering from mental illness, which eventually led to their divorce, since then, Edith Long live Paris, until 1937, died.
　　Edith. Wharton was initially a distraction from the frustration felt by upper-class family life and start writing. She began publishing novels in 1880, 1889, the first collection of short stories appeared, was an unexpected success. 1905 novel "Happy House" publication, so she became the first two decades of this century the most popular American writer. 1920 published "The Age of Innocence" won the Pulitzer Prize for her. She wrote a total of 19 in the novel, published 11 collections of short stories, a large number of non-fiction works.