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The House of Mirth
by Edith Wharton
ISBN: 0553213202
ISBN-13: 9780553213201
Format: Paperback
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Summary
Published in 1905, Edith Wharton's first novel, THE HOUSE OF MIRTH, navigates the murky waters of class-bound courtship and marriage in turn-of-the-century upper-crust Manhattan. Ironic, sharp, and tragic, the novel follows beautiful, orphaned Lily Bart in her search for a rich husband-the only route open to her if she is to survive in a ruthlessly materialistic world. Mercilessly, Wharton exposes the cruelty and indifference of a society in which such a woman has no role except to be exploited and looked down upon. Nor does she neglect to expose the vanity and delusions of poor Lily herself-qualities that undermine her considerable intelligence and charm. As always, Wharton is writing about a world she knows first-hand, and one in which she suffered her own trials. The complex and poignant tale of Lily Bart is one of her most popular and successful novels
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"There is perhaps no more searing indictment of the cruelties of capitalism... THE HOUSE OF MIRTH is a cruel book, but it is not a cynical one... Nowhere else in fiction are the contradictions-economic, social, sexual-embodied in the person of the desirable female explored with a clearer eye." -- Mary Gordon
"THE HOUSE OF MIRTH appears to be the novel of the season...[and] has occasioned the most discussion of a serious sort. It is a work which has enlisted the matured powers of a writer whose performance is always distinguished, and whose coupling of psychological insight with the gift of expression is probably not surpassed by any other woman novelist of our time." -- William Payne Morton
-- Dial
"There are certain subjects too shallow to yield anything to the most searching gaze... Now my problem was how to make use of a subject-fashionable New York-which, of all ofthers, seemed most completely to fall within the condemned category... A frivolous society can acquire dramatic significance only through what its frivolity destroys... The answer was my heroine, Lily Bart." -- Edith Wharton
"[U]niquely authentic among American novels of manners." -- Louis Auchincloss
"Perhaps the finest study of American social life, certainly the strongest and most artistic novel of the year...." -- George H. Fitch
-- San Francisco Chronicle
"The first pages of this novel make it obvious, even if the writer's name had not conveyed the information, that we have to consider a serious work of fiction....There is no doubt that Mrs. Wharton has so illuminated THE HOUSE OF MIRTH for us that we shall not soon forget it." -- Virginia Woolf
-- Times Literary Supplement
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Bantam Classic & Loveswept
Published date: 1997
Size: 4.5 x 7 inches
Weight: 0.4 pounds
Publisher's Notes
Satiric portrayal of New York society at the turn of the century in which Lily Bart, the beautiful heroine, is doomed because she is totally dependent on marriage for economic survival.
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The House of Mirth (Bantam Classics)
Edith Wharton
Bantam Classics. Used - Good. Published: 1984. Media: Mass Market Pap. . 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Good to Very Good condition. Good, tight readable copy with typical reading wear. ( more information) Offered by Experienced Books LLC (United States)
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New York: Bantam Classic & Loveswept, 1997. Wraps scuffed with edgewear. Pages clean, no markings in text. Stamp on sheet edges marked out.. Mass Market Paperback. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. ( more information) Offered by Top Notch books (United States)
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[ Edition: Reprint ]. Fair Condition. cover is slightly torn Publisher: Bantam Classics Pub Date: 2/1/1984 Binding: Paperback Pages: 336 [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ][ Ships Daily ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: SOME ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Torn pages: YES ] [ Broken Seams: NO ] ( more information) Offered by BookHolders (United States)
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Bantam Classics, 1984 Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 336 p. Audience: General/trade.. Mass-market paperback. Fine/No DJ Issued. ( more information) Offered by BennCart Books (United States)
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Bantam Classic & Loveswept. 1997. S Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. In protective sleeve! (WE MAIL DAILY!) Very minimal edge wear. Solid binding; crisp, clean pages. ( more information) Offered by Newman's House Of Books (United States)
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Wharton, Edith
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Wharton, Edith
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Bantam Classic & Loveswept, 1997 317pp; paperback; clean pages; tight binding; good condition; there are only three or four American novelists who can be thought of as 'major' and Edith Warton is one. An immensely book that creates a satiric portrayal of what Wharton hersel called a scociety of irresponsible pleasure seekers.. paper back. good. 4 3/4"7 2/3"tall. ( more information) Offered by No Garbage Books (United States)
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Wharton, Edith
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