House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

House of Mirth

Edith Wharton

356 pages first pub 1905 (editions)

fiction classics literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
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House of Mirth is the story of Lily Bart, who seeks the acceptance of society women but doesn't have the money to really gain their approval. The novel is not so much the study of high society as it is a an examination of society's debasement of p...

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