The House Of Mirth

THE HOUSE OF MIRTH stands as the work that established Edith Wharton's literary reputation. In it, she discovered her major subject: the fashionable New York society in which she had been raised. She described its power to debase both people and ideals.

This theme forms the dramatic core of this deftly styled book.

A brilliant portrayal of human frailty, Louis Auchincloss termed THE HOUSE OF MIRTH "uniquely authentic among American novels of manners."