num_pages: 350
description: A literary sensation when it was published by Scribners in 1905, The House of Mirth quickly established Edith Wharton as the most important American woman of letters in the twentieth century. The first American novel to provide a devastatingly accurate portrait of New York's aristocracy, it is the story of the beautiful and beguiling Lily Bart and her ill-fated attempt to rise to the heights of a heartless society in which, ultimately, she has no part.
language: English
title: The House of Mirth
titlecomplete: The House of Mirth
characters: Simon Rosedale, George Dorset, Gerty Farish, Bertha Dorset, Gus Trenor, Carry Fisher, Percy Gryce, Julia Peniston, Judy Trenor, Lily Bart, Lawrence Selden, Simon Rosedale, Judy Trenor, Gus Trenor, Percy Gryce, Bertha Dorset, George Dorset, Gerty Farish, Ju, Lawrence Selden, Lily Bart
genres: Classics, New York, Historical, Fiction, Novels, Classic Literature, Historical Fiction, Literature, 20th Century, American
ratings_count: 95510
places: New York City, New York, New York (State)
publisher: Signet