Twenty-nine year old society belle, Lily Bart, is burdened with
gambling debts. She intends to marry into money but her calculated
plans to win the affections of dull but rich Percy Gryce backfire.
In this literary classic, first published in 1905, the author
scrutinizes the customs, mores and rituals of New York high
society. With an introduction by Martha Banta. (Kirkus UK)
A black comedy of manners about vast wealth and a woman who can define herself only through the perceptions of others. The beautiful Lily Bart lives among the nouveaux riches of New York City-people whose millions were made in railroads, shipping, land speculation, and banking. In this morally and aesthetically bankrupt world, Lily, age twenty-nine, seeks a husband who can satisfy her cravings for endless admiration and all the trappings of wealth. Her quest comes to a scandalous end when she is accused of being the mistress of a wealthy man. Exiled from her familiar world of artificial conventions, Lily finds life impossible. Lily Bart is the embodiment of woman as a passive creature, as the ultimate "consumer item." In her introduction, Cynthia Griffin Wolff relates the genesis of this character to the circumstances of Edith Wharton's own life.
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