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The House of Mirth

By Edith Wharton, Cynthia Griffin Wolff (Introduction), Cynthia Griffin Wolff (Noted by)
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By Edith Wharton, Cynthia Griffin Wolff (Introduction), Cynthia Griffin Wolff (Noted by)
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Social satire, comedy of manners, call Wharton’s greatest novel what you will. What you won’t do is put it down.

A black comedy of manners about vast wealth and a woman who can define herself only through the perceptions of others. The beautiful Lily Bart lives among the nouveaux riches of New York City – people whose millions were made in railroads, shipping, land speculation and banking. In this morally and aesthetically bankrupt world, Lily, age twenty-nine, seeks a husband who can satisfy her cravings for endless admiration and all the trappings of wealth. But her quest comes to a scandalous end w...

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