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The House of Mirth (Macmillan Collector's Library)
Edith Wharton
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Description for The House of Mirth (Macmillan Collector's Library)
Hardcover. A new pocket hardback edition of Edith Wharton's classic novel of New York society. Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 123 x 25. Weight in Grams: 254.
Lily Bart is twenty-nine, beautiful and charming. She has expensive tastes, loves to gamble and socializes with the wealthy upper-class families of New York. But her meagre finances are dwindling and her place in society is slipping away from her. Her only hope of security is to find a suitable husband. However, Lily has an independence of spirit that stands in the way of her committing to the suitors available to her. As her options diminish, her friends become her enemies and her situation grows increasing perilous. In The House of Mirth, Edith Wharton gives us a ... Read more
Lily Bart is twenty-nine, beautiful and charming. She has expensive tastes, loves to gamble and socializes with the wealthy upper-class families of New York. But her meagre finances are dwindling and her place in society is slipping away from her. Her only hope of security is to find a suitable husband. However, Lily has an independence of spirit that stands in the way of her committing to the suitors available to her. As her options diminish, her friends become her enemies and her situation grows increasing perilous. In The House of Mirth, Edith Wharton gives us a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Macmillan Collector's Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Macmillan Collector's Library
Condition
New
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781909621978
SKU
V9781909621978
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About Edith Wharton
Edith Wharton was born in 1862 to a prominent and wealthy New York family. In 1885 she married Boston socialite 'Teddy' Wharton but the marriage was unhappy and they divorced in 1913. The couple travelled frequently to Europe and settled in France, where Wharton stayed until her death in 1937. Her first major novel was The House of Mirth (1905); ... Read more
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