The house of mirth
By: Edith Wharton ; with an introduction by Mary Gordon
Contributors: Gordon, Mary, 1949-; Lewis, R. W. B. (Richard Warrington Baldwin)
Edition: 1st Library of American pbk. Classic ed.
Series: Library of America paperback classics; Library of America paperback classics
Publisher: [Library of America]; Distributed to the U.S. by Penguin Group (USA)
Published: 2009
Place of publication: [New York, N.Y.?]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 371
ISBN-13: 9781598530551
Copyright date: 1990
Subjects: Social life and customs; Single women; Social status; Manners and customs; Fiction
Description: The story of young Lily Bart and her tragic sojourn among the upper class of turn-of-the-century New York. It touches upon the insidious effects of social convention and the sexual and financial aggression to which free-spirited women were exposed.
Notes: "R. W.B. Lewis wrote the notes and chronology and selected the text."