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The House of Mirth
Edith Wharton
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Description for The House of Mirth
Paperback. Editor(s): Banta, Martha. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 254.
Since its publication in 1905 The House of Mirth has commanded attention for the sharpness of Wharton's observations and the power of her style. Its heroine, Lily Bart, is beautiful, poor, and unmarried at 29. In her search for a husband with money and position she betrays her own heart and sows the seeds of the tragedy that finally overwhelms her. The House of Mirth is a lucid, disturbing analysis of the stifling limitations imposed upon women of Wharton's generation. Herself born into Old New York Society, Wharton watched as an entirely new set of people living ... Read more
Since its publication in 1905 The House of Mirth has commanded attention for the sharpness of Wharton's observations and the power of her style. Its heroine, Lily Bart, is beautiful, poor, and unmarried at 29. In her search for a husband with money and position she betrays her own heart and sows the seeds of the tragedy that finally overwhelms her. The House of Mirth is a lucid, disturbing analysis of the stifling limitations imposed upon women of Wharton's generation. Herself born into Old New York Society, Wharton watched as an entirely new set of people living ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Weight
254g
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199538102
SKU
V9780199538102
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Ref
99-4
About Edith Wharton
Professor of English at the University of California, Los Angeles, Martha Banta is the author of Imaging American Women: Ideas and Ideals in Cultural History (New York, 1987).
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