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The House of Mirth

The House of Mirth

Wharton, Edith
Quindlen, Anna
Gorra, Michael

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ISBN10: 0451474309
ISBN13: 9780451474308
Publisher: Signet Classics
Published: Oct 6 2015
Pages: 368
Weight: 0.40
Height: 1.10 Width: 4.10 Depth: 6.70
Language: English
Edith Wharton's classic novel, The House of Mirth, is a brillaint exposé of the pretense and greed of fashionable New York Society.

In The House of Mirth, which helped to establish Edith Wharton's literary reputation, she honed her acerbic style and discovered her defining subject: the fashionable New York society in which she had been raised and that held the power to debase both people and ideals. In this devastatingly accurate and finely wrought tale, Lily Bart, the poor relation of a wealthy woman, is beautiful, intelligent, and hopelessly addicted to the moneyed world of luxury and grace. But her good taste and moral sensibility render her unfit for survival in a vulgar society whose glittering social edifice is based on a foundation of pure greed. A brilliant portrayal of both human frailty and nobility, and a bitter attack on false social values, The House of Mirth has been hailed by Louis Auchincloss as uniquely authentic among American novels of manners.

With an Introduction by Anna Quindlen

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