Pub Date: July 27, 2021
Dewey: FIC
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Price on Product
Target Age Group: NA to NA
Physical Info: 0.88" H x 8.00" L x 5.00" W ( 1.06 lbs) 322 pages
BISAC Categories:
Fiction | Classics | Family Life | General | Romance | Literary | Historical
Series: Mint Editions (Women Writers)
Description: "Due to the limited options afforded young socialites of her era, Lily Bart must marry a wealthy man to secure her future. She prefers to marry for love, and in the process of searching, Lily finds herself on the wrong side of society's rules. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth brilliantly explores social currency, love and hypocrisy during the Gilded Age."--Publisher description.
Brief description:
EDITH WHARTON (1862 - 1937) was a unique and prolific voice in the American literary canon. With her distinct sense of humor and knowledge of New York's upper-class society, Wharton was best known for novels that detailed the lives of the elite including: The House of Mirth, The Custom of Country, and The Age of Innocence. She was the first woman to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and one of four women whose election to the Academy of Arts and Letters broke the barrier for the next generation of women writers.