The house of mirth

by Edith Wharton

Paperback, 1985

Collection

Status

Available

Description

Classic Literature. Fiction. HTML: The House of Mirth is an uncompromising depiction of 19th-century New York society. Lily Bart is a society lady who is unwilling to marry for love, but equally unwilling to marry as society dictates. She sabotages every advantageous opportunity she receives, until her society friends begin to hasten her downfall for their own ends..

Publication

New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Penguin Books, 1985.

ISBN

0140390375 / 9780140390377

Pages

xxvii; 338

Language

Original language

English

Original publication date

1905
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