| The House of Mirth (1905) by: Edith Wharton Contributor(s): Wharton, Edith (Author) |
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ISBN: 1530607434 ISBN-13: 9781530607433 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $9.12 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2016 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Physical Information: 0.46" H x 7.99" W x 10" (0.96 lbs) 216 pages |
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| Publisher Description: The House of Mirth (1905), by Edith Wharton, is the story of Lily Bart, a well-born, but penniless woman of the high society of New York City, who was raised and educated to become wife to a rich man, a hothouse flower for conspicuous consumption. As an unmarried woman with gambling debts and an uncertain future, Lily is destroyed by the society that created her. Written in the style of a novel of manners, The House of Mirth was the fourth novel by Edith Wharton (1862-1937), which tells the story of Lily Bart against the background of the high-society of upper class New York City of the 1890s; as a genre novel, The House of Mirth (1905) is an example of American literary naturalism. |
