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The House Of Mirth

by Edith Wharton
language: english
Publisher: WORDSWORTH EDITIONS LTD, February of 2002 ‧
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The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton tells the story of Lily Bart, aged 29, beautiful, impoverished and in need of a rich husband to safeguard her place in the social elite, and to support her expensive habits - her clothes, her charities and her gambling. Unwilling to marry without both love and money, Lily becomes vulnerable to the kind of gossip and slander which attach to a girl who has been on the marriage market for too long. Wharton charts the course of Lily's life, providing, along the way, a wider picture of a society in transition, a rapidly changing New York where the old certainties of manners, morals and family have disappeared and the individual has become an expendable commodity.

The House Of Mirth

by Edith Wharton

Property Description
ISBN: 9781840224191
Publisher: WORDSWORTH EDITIONS LTD
Release Date: February of 2002
Language: English
Dimensions: 127 x 198 x 17 mm
Cover: Softcover
Pages: 320
Format: Book
Collection: Wordsworth Classics
Categories: Books in English > Fiction > Romance
EAN: 9781840224191

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Edith Wharton

Edith Wharton nasceu em 1862 numa das famílias mais ricas e conceituadas de Nova Iorque. Para além de Sono Crepuscular, da sua vasta obra literária destacam-se A Idade da Inocência, Ethan Frome, Jovens Rebeldes e A Casa da Felicidade. Conhecida pela sua perspicácia e acutilância, é uma cronista excecional e um dos nomes incontornáveis da literatura mundial. Foi a primeira mulher a ser distinguida com o Prémio Pulitzer de Ficção, a ser nomeada doutora honoris causa pela Universidade de Yale e a ser eleita para a Academia Americana de Artes e Letras. Faleceu em França, em 1937.

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