The House Of Mirth - 9781985136564

The House of Mirth (1905), a novel by Edith Wharton (1862-1937), tells the story of Lily Bart, a well-born but impoverished woman belonging to New York City's high society around the turn of the last century. Wharton creates a portrait of a stunning beauty who, though raised and educated to marry well both socially and economically, is reaching her 29th year, an age when her youthful blush is drawing to a close and her marital prospects are becoming ever more limited. The House of Mirth traces Lily's slow two-year social descent from privilege to a tragically lonely existence on the margins of society.

• | Author: Edith Wharton
• | Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• | Publication Date: Feb 07, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 348 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1985136562
• | ISBN-13: 9781985136564