num_pages: 236
description: In charting the course of Lily's life and downfall, Edith Wharton also provides a wider picture of a society in transition, a world in which old certainties, manners, and morals no longer hold true, and where the individual has become an expendable commodity. Contextual materials include Wharton's correspondence about the novel, period articles on social mores, etiquette, and dress, and contemporary writings by Henry James, Thorstein Veblen, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
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: Echo Library