| The house of mirth by: Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937 ( NOVEL ) (Illustrated) Contributor(s): Wenzell, A. B. (Author), Wharton, Edith (Author) |
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ISBN: 154276095X ISBN-13: 9781542760959 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $12.24 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 1230 |
| Physical Information: 0.46" H x 8" W x 10" (0.98 lbs) 220 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Family |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 50682 Reading Level: 9.7 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 26.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. a] 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) Before publication as a book on October 14, 1905, The House of Mirth was serialized in Scribner's Magazine beginning in January 1905. It attracted a readership among housewives and businessmen alike. Charles Scribner wrote Edith in November 1905 that the novel was showing "the most rapid sale of any book ever published by Scribner." |