"The House Of Mirth" 1953 WHARTON, Edith Belts

"The House Of Mirth" 1953 WHARTON, Edith BeltsWHARTON, Edith [351] pp. John Lehmann 1953 8 1 8" x 5 5 8" The drawings on the jacket are by Christopher Cornford 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. The House of Mirth traces Lily's slow two year social descent from privilege to a lonely existence on the margins of society. In the words of one

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