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The House of Mirth: With Edith Wharton's 'Introduction to the 1936 Edition' (Aziloth Books) - Softcover

Wharton, Edith

 
9781909735521: The House of Mirth: With Edith Wharton's 'Introduction to the 1936 Edition' (Aziloth Books)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1909735523 ISBN 13: 9781909735521
Verlag: Aziloth Books, 2014

Inhaltsangabe

The House of Mirth follows the career and final downfall of Lily Bart, a society beauty in turn-of-the-century New York, whose financial security stands on very shaky ground. In a culture where money measures everything and morals are worn like fashionable garments, for appearances only, an essentially honest Lily is torn between offers of a loveless, financially secure marriage and one of love and relative poverty with the man she adores. By turns naïve, worldly and reckless, her vacillating nature pulls her first in one direction, then the other, in a downward spiral towards eventual tragedy. Edith Wharton was born into the same social milieu she so successfully satirised in her novels, and The House of Mirth's scathing and perceptive view of New York's financial elite did not make her any friends among the American beau monde. Following the book's publication (and its tremendous literary success), Wharton left the United States permanently and spent the rest of her days in Europe.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Edith Wharton (1862 1937) was an American author and literary luminary of the early twentieth century. Known for her keen social observations and penetrating insights into the complexities of human nature, Wharton explored themes of love, marriage, and class. Her novels, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Age of Innocence , delved into the lives of the privileged elite, examining the intricate web of social customs and conventions that governed their existence.

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Verlag
Aziloth Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2014
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1909735523
ISBN 13 
9781909735521
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
264
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