num_pages: 640
description: The House of Mirth stands as the work that first established Edith Wharton's eminent literary reputation. In it she honed her acerbic style and discovered her defining the fashionable New York society in which she had been raised, and which held the power to debase both people and ideals. Its beautiful, intelligent heroine, Lily Bart, is both hopelessly addicted to the pleasures of the moneyed world and unable to survive in it.
language: English
title: The House of Mirth
titlecomplete: The House of Mirth
characters: Simon Rosedale, Gerty Farish, Carry Fisher, Julia Peniston, George Dorset, Bertha Dorset, Lily Bart, Lawrence Selden, Simon Rosedale, Judy Trenor, Gus Trenor, Percy Gryce, Bertha Dorset, George Dorset, Gerty Farish, Ju, Gus Trenor, Lawrence Selden, Lily Bart, Percy Gryce, Judy Trenor
genres: 20th Century, American, New York, Historical Fiction, Historical, Novels, Literature, Classic Literature, Classics, Fiction
ratings_count: 95492
places: New York City, New York, New York (State)
publisher: Thorndike Press