The House of Mirth

By Edith Wharton

Subjects: Social status, Young women, Women, Social values, Separated women, Upper class, Fiction, general, Fiction, historical, Classes sociales, Fiction, historical, general, Manners and customs, Romans, nouvelles, Social norms, Single women, fiction, Social classes, open_syllabus_project, Femmes seules, Roman, Fiction, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Drama, Theater, united states, history, Social life and customs, Single women, Married people, Fiction, romance, general, American literature, Social conditions, Fiction, psychological, New york (n.y.), fiction, Classic Literature, Triangles (Interpersonal relations), Wharton, edith, 1862-1937

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.