Wharton''s first literary success, set amid fashionable New York society, reveals the hypocrisy and destructive effects of the city''s social circle on the character of Lily Bart. Impoverished but well-born, Lily must secure her future by acquiring a wealthy husband; but her downfall — initiated by a romantic indiscretion — results in gambling debts and social disasters.

Edith Wharton was a woman of extreme contrasts; brought up to be a leisured aristocrat, she was also dedicated to her career as a writer. She wrote novels of manners about the old New York society from which she came, but her attitude was consistently critical. Her irony and her satiric touches, as well as her insight into human charac...

Titre :The House of Mirth

Format :Couverture souple

Dimensions de l'article :288 pages, 8.25 X 5.19 X 0.68 po

Dimensions à l'expédition :288 pages, 8.25 X 5.19 X 0.68 po

Publié le :6 août 2002

Publié par :Dover Publications

Langue :anglais

Convient aux âges :Tous les âges

ISBN - 13 :9780486420493

The House of Mirth

deEdith Wharton, Dover Thrift Editions

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