House of Mirth

Name: House of Mirth
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ISBN: 9780307949523

ISBN-10: 0307949524

ISBN-13: 9780307949523

Edition: N/A

Authors: Edith Wharton

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An immensely popular bestseller upon its publication in 1905,The House of Mirthwas Edith Wharton’s first great novel. Set among the elegant brownstones of New York City and opulent country houses like gracious Bellomont on the Hudson, the novel creates a satiric portrayal of what Wharton herself called “a society of irresponsible pleasure-seekers” with a precision comparable to that of Proust. And her brilliant and complex characterization of the doomed Lily Bart, whose stunning beauty and dependence on marriage for economic survival reduce her to a decorative object, becomes an incisive commentary on the nature and status of women in that society. From her tragic attraction to bachelor…

Book details

List price: $18.00
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 6/5/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.17" wide x 7.94" long x 0.82" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English