The House of Mirth (1905), a novel by Edith Wharton (1862-1937), 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. 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. Wharton uses Lily as an attack on "an irresponsible, grasping and morally corrupt upper class." (309-310)

Medie	Bøger Paperback Bog (Bog med blødt omslag og limet ryg)
Udgivet	19. april 2017
ISBN13	9781545479315
Forlag	Createspace Independent Publishing Platf
Antal sider	252
Mål	152 × 229 × 13 mm · 340 g
Sprog	Engelsk

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