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House of Mirth|Edith Wharton

Overview

The House of Mirth (1905), a novel by Edith Wharton (1862-1937), tells the story of Lily Bart, a well-born but impoverished woman belonging to New York City's high society around the turn of the last century. Wharton creates a portrait of a stunning beauty who, though raised and educated to marry well both socially and economically, is reaching her 29th year, an age when her youthful blush is drawing to a close and her marital prospects are becoming ever more limited. The House of Mirth traces Lily's slow two-year social descent from privilege to a tragically lonely existence on the margins of society. Wharton uses Lily as an attack on "an irresponsible, grasping and morally corrupt upper class." (309-310)

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  • ISBN-13: 9781545479315
  • ISBN-10: 1545479313
  • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Publish Date: April 2017
  • Dimensions: 9.02 x 5.98 x 0.53 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.75 pounds
  • Page Count: 252

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