House of Mirth
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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Details
- 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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