(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)Introduction by Pamela KnightsIn "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.
"From the Hardcover edition."
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Wed, 1 Jul 2015 | Review
by: JennySmuts
The story is excellent but the Modern Library edition has no notes. Therefore I would rather recommend the Penguin or Oxford edition of this classic novel.
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