The House of Mirth Illustrated

By: Wharton, Edith

The House of Mirth is a 1905 novel by the American author Edith Wharton. It tells the story of Lily Bart, a well-born but impoverished woman belonging to New York City's high society around the turn of the last century.[a] Wharton creates a portrait of a stunning beauty who, though raised and educated to marry well both socially and economically, is reaching her 29th year, an age when her youthful blush is drawing to a close and her marital prospects are becoming ever more limited. The House of Mirth traces Lily's slow two-year social descent from privilege to a tragically lonely existence on the margins of society. In the words of one scholar, Wharton uses Lily as an attack on "an irresponsible, grasping and morally corrupt upper class.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B092H87LZ9
• ISBN13: 9798737597740
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC - KDP Print US
• Length: 446 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"