The House of Mirth (1905), a novel by Edith Wharton (1862-1937), tells the story of Lily Bart, a well-born but impoverished woman belonging to New York City's high society around the turn of the last century.[a] Wharton creates a portrait of a stunning beauty who, though raised and educated to marry well both socially and economically, is reaching her 29th year, an age when her youthful blush is drawing to a close and her marital prospects are becoming ever more limited. The House of Mirth traces Lily's slow two-year social descent from privilege to a tragically lonely existence on the margins of society. Wharton uses Lily as an attack on "an irresponsible, grasping and morally corrupt upper class."
| Author: Edith Wharton, Edibooks |
| Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform |
| Publication Date: Jun 28, 2016 |
| Number of Pages: 348 pages |
| Language: English |
| Binding: Paperback |
| ISBN-10: 153495189X |
| ISBN-13: 9781534951891 |