伊迪丝·华顿是19世纪末20世纪初美国的一位著名风俗小说家,她出身于纽约豪门,家庭名列纽约400家大族之一。显赫的家世不仅为她提供了良好的教育条件,也为她后来的创作提供了丰富的源泉。华顿夫人的作品大多以老纽约的上层社会为场景,真实生动地再现了城市贵族的生存状况。在金光灿烂的表象背后,隐藏着的却是虚伪、腐朽和 Edith Wharton is a well-known American American novelist in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She was born in New York giants and ranks among the 400 great tribes of New York. The outstanding family background not only provided her with good educational conditions, but also provided a rich source for her later creation. Most of the works of Mrs. Wharton vividly illustrate the living conditions of urban aristocrats in the upper-class society of Old New York. Behind the glittering appearance, it is hypocritical, decadent and hidden