The House of Mirth - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Edith Wharton, Cynthia Griffin Wolff (Introduction by), Cynthia Griffin Wolff (Notes by)Series:Penguin Great Books of the 20th CenturyTheme:Cultural Region/Mid-Atlantic, Cultural Region/Northeast U.S., Geographic Orientation/New York, Locality/New York, N.Y.Audience:Young AdultPublish date:1993-05-01Pages:368
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin ClassicsISBN-13:9780140187298ISBN-10:0140187294UPC:9780140187298Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, Literary, RomanceBook Topic:HistoricalSize:7.70 x 5.03 x 0.66 inchesWeight:0.272Product ID:SCPE4BZ90A
The House of Mirth
A black comedy of manners about vast wealth and a woman who can define herself only through the perceptions of others. The beautiful Lily Bart lives among the nouveaux riches of New York City - people whose millions were made in railroads, shipping, land speculation and banking. In this morally and aesthetically bankrupt world, Lily, age twenty-nine, seeks a husband who can satisfy her cravings...
Series: Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century
Theme: Cultural Region/Mid-Atlantic, Cultural Region/Northeast U.S., Geographic Orientation/New York, Locality/New York, N.Y.
Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin ClassicsISBN-13:9780140187298ISBN-10:0140187294UPC:9780140187298Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, Literary, RomanceBook Topic:HistoricalSize:7.70 x 5.03 x 0.66 inchesWeight:0.272Product ID:SCPE4BZ90A
Edith Wharton was born Edith Newbold Jones on January 24, 1862, during the American Civil War. Wharton published her first short story in 1891; her first story collection, The Greater Inclination, in 1899; a novella called The Touchstone in 1900; and her first novel, a historical romance called The Valley of Decision, in 1902. The book that made Wharton famous was The House of Mirth, published in...
Publisher: Penguin Classics
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