Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth offers a fascinating insight into the culture of the early 20th century wile also being an enduring tale of love, ambition and social pressures still relevant today. Including a selection of illustrations from the original magazine publication, which offers a unique insight to what the contemporary reader would have seen, this volume provides not only a guide to the novel, but a way through the wealth of contextual and critical material that surrounds Wharton's text.
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