Edith Wharton Context

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  • Born in 1862- time of change.
  • Born into NY upper class society, where they thought they were the apex of soicety. Money came from real estate. Marxist perpsective, although she is wealthy she is not free
  • This period was known as the glided age, although for women it was more like the glided cage; A05 feminist perspective. Thought the soicety was sexually hypocrital. 
  • Part of her childhood was spent in Europe- became a "wretched exotic", link to her depiction of Ellen
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