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Introduction and notes by janet beer, manchester metropolitan university. With 18 illustrations and a free online audio file kindle edition published february 17th 2017 kindle edition, 351 pages. This book is available for free download in a number of formats including epub, pdf, azw, mobi and more. Lily bart enjoys an equitable standing within the new york city elite. Read a plot overview of the entire book or a chapter by chapter summary and analysis. It was one of the first novels of manners to emerge in american literature. Now nearing 30 years of age and having rejected severa. House of mirth is centered on lily bart, a new york socialite who attempts to secure a husband and a place in affluent society. Eleanor bron in the highest circles of new york social life during the 1870s, newland archer, a young lawyer, prepares to marry the docile may. See a complete list of the characters in the house of mirth and indepth analyses of lily bart, lawrence selden, george and bertha dorset, gus and judy trenor, and simon rosedale. The house of mirth by edith wharton from the esteemed author of the age of innocencea black comedy about vast wealth and a woman who can define herself only through the perceptions of others. Bu 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. Exclusively from audible beautiful, sophisticated and endlessly ambitious lily bart endeavours to climb the social ladder of new yorks elite by securing a good match and living beyond her means. The house of mirth audiobook on cassette, 2000 worldcat.
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