The House of Mirth
Edith Wharton
289 pages, Hardcover
ISBN: 1598183648
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Language: English
Publish: November 1, 2006
20th CenturyAmericanClassic LiteratureClassicsFictionHistoricalHistorical FictionLiteratureNew YorkNovels
The House of Mirth — Edith Wharton’s sadly insightful tale of Lily Bart’s descent from the stratosphere of New York society into a disheveled life of drugs and desperation — may well be the author’s most powerful accomplisment. Lily will haunt you, leaving you with great a sense of personal loss. . . .