| The House of Mirth Edith Wharton Contributor(s): Benitez, Paula (Editor), Wharton, Edith (Author) |
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ISBN: 1544789882 ISBN-13: 9781544789880 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $21.14 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections |
| Lexile Measure: 1230 |
| Physical Information: 0.79" H x 6" W x 9" (1.14 lbs) 352 pages |
| 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) |