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The House of Mirth
by Edith Wharton
First Published
2009
Subjects
Fiction
Single women
Social classes
Drama
Social life and customs
Classic Literature
Social status
Social values
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Roman
Manners and customs
American fiction (fictional works by one author)
Fiction, romance, general
Fiction, psychological
Single women, fiction
New york (n.y.), fiction
Fiction, general
Social conditions
Fiction, historical
American literature
Separated women
Triangles (Interpersonal relations)
Social norms
Upper class
Married people
Women
Fiction, historical, general
Young women
Classes sociales
Romans, nouvelles
Femmes seules
Wharton, edith, 1862-1937
Theater, united states, history
Rich people
Description
Beautiful, intelligent, and hopelessly addicted to luxury, Lily Bart is the heroine of this Wharton masterpiece. But it is her very taste and moral sensibility that render her unfit for survival in this world.