The house of mirth / Edith Wharton ; with an introduction by Mary Gordon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937.

Contributor:

Gordon, Mary (Mary E.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National Book Committee.

Single women--New York (State)--New York--Fiction.

Single women.

Social status--New York (State)--New York--Fiction.

Social status.

Manners and customs.

New York (N.Y.)--Social life and customs--19th century--Fiction.

New York (N.Y.).

New York (State)--New York.

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

xviii, 371 pages ; 20 cm

Edition:

First Library of American Paperback Classic edition.

Place of Publication:

[New York, N.Y.?] : [Library of America] : distributed to the U.S. by Penguin Group (USA), 2009.

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

9781598530551

1598530550

OCLC:

318411564

Publisher Number:

99938741614