Edith Wharton

The House of Mirth

Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Jan. 26, 2013)
The House of Mirth (1905), is a novel by Edith Wharton. First published in 1905, the novel is Wharton's first important work of fiction, sold 140,000 copies between October and the end of December, and added to Wharton's existing fortune. Although The House of Mirth is written in the style of a novel of manners, set against the backdrop of the 1890s New York ruling class, it is a text considered to be part of American literary Naturalism. Wharton places her tragic heroine, Lily Bart, in a society that she describes as a "hot-house of traditions and conventions."
ISBN
1482085887 / 9781482085884
Pages
228
Weight
14.4 oz.
Dimensions
6.0 x 0.5 in.

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