In "The House of Mirth," Edith Wharton depicts the glittering
salons of Gilded Age New York with precision and wit, even as she
movingly portrays the obstacles that impeded women's choices at the
turn of the century.
The beautiful, much-desired Lily Bart has been raised to be one
of the perfect wives of the wealthy upper class, but her spark of
character and independent drive prevents her from becoming one of
the many women who will succeed in those circles. Though her desire
for a comfortable life means that she cannot marry for love without
money, her resistance to the rules of the social elite endangers
her many marriage proposals. As Lily spirals down into debt and
dishonor, her story takes on the resonance of classic tragedy. One
of Wharton's most bracing and nuanced portraits of the life of
women in a hostile, highly ordered world, "The House of Mirth"
exposes the truths about American high society that its denizens
most wished to deny. With an introduction by Pamela Knights.
(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)
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