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The House of Mirth

Anita Brookner, Edith Wharton

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Tragic quest for belonging among New York's elite.

If you're drawn to the exploration of social class and the pressures of societal expectations, "The House of Mirth" is an engaging choice. Edith Wharton's sharp observation of New York's aristocracy through Lily Bart’s eyes offers not just a compelling social commentary but also an intimate and heartbreaking character study. The book's timeless analysis of the double standards and the role of women in society may resonate with you even today.

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The House of Mirth

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ISBN: 9780684801230
Publisher: Scribner
Date of Publication: 1995-08-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction
Related Topics: Literature, Classics
Goodreads rating: 3.97
(rated by 102302 readers)

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A literary sensation when it was published by Scribners in 1905, The House of Mirth quickly established Edith Wharton as the most important American woman of letters in the twentieth century. The first American novel to provide a devastatingly accurate portrait of New York's aristocracy, it is the story of the beautiful and beguiling Lily Bart and her ill-fated attempt to rise to the heights of a heartless society in which, ultimately, she has no part. From the staid conventionality of Old New York to the forced conviviality of the French Riviera, from the drawing room of Gus Trenor's Bellomont to the dreary resort of a downtown boardinghouse, Wharton created her "first full-scale survey," as her biographer R.W.B. Lewis put it, "of the comédie humaine, American style." A brilliantly satiric yet sensitive exploration of manners and morality, The House of Mirth marked Wharton's transformation from an amateur into a professional writer and figures among her most important works.
 

Tragic quest for belonging among New York's elite.

If you're drawn to the exploration of social class and the pressures of societal expectations, "The House of Mirth" is an engaging choice. Edith Wharton's sharp observation of New York's aristocracy through Lily Bart’s eyes offers not just a compelling social commentary but also an intimate and heartbreaking character study. The book's timeless analysis of the double standards and the role of women in society may resonate with you even today.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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