The House of Mirth - Edith Wharton - Books - Independently Published - 9798597675305 - January 20, 2021
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The House of Mirth

A bestseller when it was originally published nearly a century ago, Wharton's first literary success was set amid the previously unexplored territory of fashionable, turn-of-the-century New York society, an area with which she was intimately familiar. The tragic love story reveals the destructive effects of wealth and social hypocrisy on Lily Bart, a ravishing beauty. Impoverished but well-born, Lily realizes a secure future depends on her acquiring a wealthy husband. Her downfall begins with a romantic indiscretion, intensifies with an accumulation of gambling debts, and climaxes in a maelstrom of social disasters.

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released January 20, 2021
ISBN13 9798597675305
Publishers Independently Published
Pages 230
Dimensions 178 × 254 × 12 mm   ·   403 g
Language English  

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