The House of Mirth
- Format: Pocket
- Antall sider: 368
- Språk: Engelsk
- Forlag/Utgiver: SD Books
- EAN: 9780140187298
- Utgivelsesår: 1993
- Bidragsyter: Wharton, Edith
149,-
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.