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The House of Mirth

Edith Wharton

286 pages

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Beautiful, intelligent, and hopelessly addicted to luxury, Lily Bart is the heroine of this Wharton masterpiece. Lily Bart is a woman who has trained all of her life to be in the upper class. She has style, and grace, and beauty. What she doesn't have is money. Will she find a suitable husband before time runs out? This is a damning portrayal of the idle class.

Themes
HeartbreakingMelancholic & NostalgicThought-ProvokingQuietly DevastatingBeauty as currencyThe cost of conformitySocial performance trapsTime as a predator
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