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“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that receives it.”

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“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that receives it.”

Edith Wharton

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AuthorEdith Wharton

DisciplineNovelist

Born24 January 1862

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Edith Wharton was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, short story writer, and designer. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1927, 1928 and 1930.

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