Born in 1862 into an exclusive New York society -- against whose rigid mores she often rebelled -- Edith Wharton bridged the literary worlds of two continents and two centuries in her rich and glamorous life. The House of Mirth (1905), her tenth book, is the story of young Lily Bart and her tragic sojourn among the upper class of turn-of-the-century New York, touching upon the insidious effects of social convention and the sexual and financial aggression to which free spirited women exposed
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0679725393
ISBN-13
9780679725398
eBay Product ID (ePID)
14318
Product Key Features
Book Title
House of Mirth
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1990
Topic
Contemporary Women, General, Literary
Genre
Non-Classifiable, Fiction
Author
Edith Warton, Tom Wharton
Book Series
Vintage-Library of America
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Weight
13 Oz
Item Length
7.9 in
Item Width
5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Dewey Edition
23
Lccn
90-050138
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
813/.52
Lc Classification Number
Ps3545.H16h68 1990
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