The House of Mirth: Complete, Authoritative Text With Biographical and Historical Contexts, Critical History, and Essays from Five Contemporary Critical Perspectives
by Wharton
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- Paperback
- Condition
- Good Condition
- ISBN 10
- 0312062346
- ISBN 13
- 9780312062347
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The House of Mirth (1905), is a novel by Edith Wharton. First published in 1905, the novel is Wharton's first important work of fiction, sold 140,000 copies between October and the end of December, and added to Wharton's already substantial fortune. The House of Mirth is a novel of manners set against the backdrop of the 1890s New York ruling class. Wharton places her tragic heroine, Lily Bart, in a society that she describes as a " 'hot-house of traditions and conventions. ' "
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- Title
- The House of Mirth: Complete, Authoritative Text With Biographical and Historical Contexts, Critical History, and Essays from Five Contemporary Critical Perspectives
- Author
- Wharton
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0312062346
- ISBN 13
- 9780312062347
- Publisher
- Bedford/St. Martin's
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- BZDB42 Education; The House of Mirth Complete Authoritative Text With Biographical and Historical Contexts Critical History and Essays from Five Contemporary Critical Perspectives
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