House of Mirth

Name: House of Mirth
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ISBN: 9780199538102

ISBN-10: 0199538107

ISBN-13: 9780199538102

Edition: 2009

Authors: Edith Wharton, Martha Banta

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Since its publication in 1905 The House of Mirth has commanded attention for the sharpness of Wharton's observations and the power of her style. Its heroine, Lily Bart, is beautiful, poor, and unmarried at 29. In her search for a husband with money and position she betrays her own heart and sows the seeds of the tragedy that finally overwhelms her. The House of Mirth is a lucid, disturbing analysis of the stifling limitations imposed upon women of Wharton's generation. Herself born into Old New York Society, Wharton watched as an entirely new set of people living by new codes of conduct entered the metropolitan scene. In telling the story of Lily Bart, who must marry to survive, Wharton…

Book details

List price: $10.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/15/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 5.08" wide x 7.72" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English