| The House of Mirth Contributor(s): Wharton, Edith (Author) |
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ISBN: 1540476812 ISBN-13: 9781540476814 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $14.44 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics |
| Lexile Measure: 1230 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 9" (0.99 lbs) 334 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The House of Mirth, a novel by Edith Wharton, 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." |