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Misfortune had made Lily supple instead of hardening her, and a pliable substance is less easy to break than a stiff one.

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Edith Wharton
Age: 75 †
Born: 1862
Born: January 24
Died: 1937
Died: August 11
Novelist
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Prosaist
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Writer
New York City
New York
Edith Newbold Jones
Edith Newbold Jones Wharton
Misfortunes
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Lily
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Lilies
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Misfortune

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