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Title: |
The House of Mirth |
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| By (author): |
Edith Wharton Edited by: Janet Beer, Elizabeth Nolan |
| ISBN10-13: |
1551115670 : 9781551115672 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pages: |
486 |
| Weight: |
.590 Kg. |
| Published: |
Broadview Press - September 2005 |
| List Price: |
19.25 Pounds Sterling |
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In Stock
Qty Available: 2 |
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| One of Edith Whartonâ s most accomplished social satires, this novel tells the story of the beautiful but impoverished New York socialite Lily Bart, whose refusal to compromise in her search for a husband leads to her exclusion from polite society. In charting the course of Lilyâ s life and downfall, Wharton also provides a wider picture of a society in transition, a milieu in which old certainties, manners, and morals no longer hold true, and where the individual has become an expendable commodity. This classic American novel is now available in a Broadview edition that includes a critical introduction and a rich selection of contextual documents. Appendices include Whartonâ s correspondence about The House of Mirth, contemporary articles on social mores, etiquette, and dress, and related writings by Henry James, Thorstein Veblen, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman. |
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