"What's the use of making mysteries? It only makes people
want to nose 'em out."
Edith Wharton
(January
1862 - August 1937)
Fun facts:
Her friendship with renowned writer Henry Jones guided
her through her writing career.
An avid gardener all her life, she designed elaborate
gardens for her houses, first at The Mount and later at her houses in France. A
niece, Beatrix Farrand, later became a famous landscape architect.
She is also known for writing horror stories involving
ghosts and other paranormal activities.
In 1923, Edith Wharton
received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Yale University, the first
woman to be honored in this way at Yale.
