A literary sensation when it was published by Scribners in 1905, "The House of Mirth" quickly established Edith Wharton as the most important American woman of letters in the twentieth century. The first American novel to provide a devastatingly accurate portrait of New York's aristocracy, it is the story of the beautiful and beguiling Lily Bart and her ill-fated attempt to rise to the heights of a heartless society in which, ultimately, she has no part.

Item # 1405831

Publisher: Penguin Classics

ISBN: 9780140187298

Binding: Paperback

Author: Wharton, Edith

Audience Type: Adults

Published On: 05-01-1993

Pages: 368

Weight: 0.60 pounds

Dimensions: 7.70 x 5.03 x 0.66 inches