The House of Mirth - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Edith Wharton, Elizabeth Hardwick (Introduction by)Series:Modern Library 100 Best NovelsTheme:Cultural Region/Mid-Atlantic, Cultural Region/Northeast U.S., Geographic Orientation/New York, Locality/New York, N.Y., Topical/FamilyPublish date:1999-08-10Pages:368
Language:EnglishPublisher:Modern LibraryISBN-13:9780375753756ISBN-10:0375753753UPC:9780375753756Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, Romance, LiterarySize:8.10 x 5.18 x 0.82 inchesWeight:0.304Product ID:SCT3PY0Z8C
The House of Mirth
Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time
In The House of Mirth, Edith Wharton depicts the glittering salons of Gilded Age New York with precision and wit, even as she movingly portrays the obstacles that impeded women's choices at the turn of the century. The beautiful, much-desired Lily Bart has been raised to be one of the perfect wives of the wealthy upper class,...Series: Modern Library 100 Best Novels
Theme: Cultural Region/Mid-Atlantic, Cultural Region/Northeast U.S., Geographic Orientation/New York, Locality/New York, N.Y., Topical/Family
Language:EnglishPublisher:Modern LibraryISBN-13:9780375753756ISBN-10:0375753753UPC:9780375753756Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, Romance, LiterarySize:8.10 x 5.18 x 0.82 inchesWeight:0.304Product ID:SCT3PY0Z8C
The upper stratum of New York society into which Edith Wharton was born in 1862 provided her with an abundance of material as a novelist but did not encourage her growth as an artist. Educated by tutors and governesses, she was raised for only one career: marriage. But her marriage, in 1885, to Edward Wharton was an emotional disappointment, if not a disaster. She suffered the first of a series...
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