num_pages: 368
description: A black comedy of manners about vast wealth and a woman who can define herself only through the perceptions of others. The beautiful Lily Bart lives among the nouveaux riches of New York City – people whose millions were made in railroads, shipping, land speculation and banking. In this morally and aesthetically bankrupt world, Lily, age twenty-nine, seeks a husband who can satisfy her cravings for endless admiration and all the trappings of wealth. But her quest comes to a scandalous end when she is accused of being the mistress of a wealthy man. Exiled from her familiar world of artificial conventions, Lily finds life impossible.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
language: English
title: The House of Mirth
titlecomplete: The House of Mirth
characters: Gus Trenor, Simon Rosedale, George Dorset, Lily Bart, Lawrence Selden, Bertha Dorset, Carry Fisher, Julia Peniston, Gerty Farish, Percy Gryce, Judy Trenor, Lily Bart, Lawrence Selden, Simon Rosedale, Judy Trenor, Gus Trenor, Percy Gryce, Bertha Dorset, George Dorset, Gerty Farish, Ju
genres: Fiction, Historical, American, Classic Literature, Literature, Classics, Novels, New York, Historical Fiction, 20th Century
ratings_count: 95507
places: New York (State), New York City, New York
publisher: Penguin Books