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The House of Mirth is a 1905 novel by 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 in the 1890s. [a] The House of Mirth traces Lily's slow two-year social descent from privilege to a lonely existence on the margins of society.
- Edith Wharton
- 1905
First published in 1905, The House of Mirth shocked the New York society it so deftly chronicles, portraying the moral, social and economic restraints on a woman who dared to claim the privileges of marriage without assuming the responsibilities.
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In her tragic 1905 novel The House of Mirth, Edith Wharton offers a stark dramatization of the powerlessness of women in the Gilded Age New York of the 1870s. Unmarried socialite Lily Bart falls in love with lawyer Lawrence Selden, whose lack of money spoils their chances for happiness together.
Jun 1, 1995 · The Gryces were from Albany, and but lately introduced to the metropolis, where the mother and son had come, after old Jefferson Gryce’s death, to take possession of his house in Madison Avenue—an appalling house, all brown stone without and black walnut within, with the Gryce library in a fire-proof annex that looked like a mausoleum.
Mar 29, 2024 · Prepare to be captivated by the mesmerizing world of Lily Bart in Edith Wharton’s “The House of Mirth.” This timeless classic immerses us in the glittering yet treacherous waters of New York’s high society during the Gilded Age.
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