The House of Mirth: With Edith Wharton's 'Introduction to the 1936 Edition' (Aziloth Books) - Softcover

Wharton, Edith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1909735523 ISBN 13: 9781909735521

Publisher: Aziloth Books, 2014

Synopsis

The House of Mirth follows the career and final downfall of Lily Bart, a society beauty in turn-of-the-century New York, whose financial security stands on very shaky ground. In a culture where money measures everything and morals are worn like fashionable garments, for appearances only, an essentially honest Lily is torn between offers of a loveless, financially secure marriage and one of love and relative poverty with the man she adores. By turns naïve, worldly and reckless, her vacillating nature pulls her first in one direction, then the other, in a downward spiral towards eventual tragedy. Edith Wharton was born into the same social milieu she so successfully satirised in her novels, and The House of Mirth's scathing and perceptive view of New York's financial elite did not make her any friends among the American beau monde. Following the book's publication (and its tremendous literary success), Wharton left the United States permanently and spent the rest of her days in Europe.

Edition details

• Publisher: Aziloth Books
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1909735523
• ISBN 13: 9781909735521
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 264