petrauusimaa 's review for:

The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

4.0

---

I'm so glad that I gave Edith Wharton another chance as I absolutely loved it! Lily Bart is definitely the kind of unlikable but human character that I grew to love and pity. In the beginning it feels that the only thing Lily loves in the world is money as she struggles through financial difficulties but thorough the novel she grows as a character and you can see that she is really a compassionate person with feelings. Wharton manages to draw out characters from real life but Lily shines above everyone. I found myself enjoying Wharton's writing style a lot more in this than The Age of Innocence and will definitely work myself through her other novels in the future.