A bestseller when it was published nearly a century ago, this
literary classic established Edith Wharton as one of the most
important American writers in the twentieth century-now with a new
introduction from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jennifer Egan.
Wharton's first literary success-a devastatingly accurate portrait
of New York's aristocracy at the turn of the century-is considered
by many to be her most important novel, and Lily Bart, her most
unforgettable character. Impoverished but well-born, the beautiful
and beguiling Lily realizes a secure future depends on her
acquiring a wealthy husband. But with her romantic indiscretion,
gambling debts, and a maelstrom of social disasters, Lily's
ill-fated attempt to rise to the heights of society ultimately
leads to her downfall. From the conventionality of old New York to
the forced society of the French Riviera, Wharton weaves a
brilliantly satiric yet sensitive exploration of manners and
morality. The House of Mirth reveals Wharton's unparalleled gifts
as a storyteller and her clear-eyed observations of the savagery
beneath the well-bred surface of high society.
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