The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

The House of Mirth

Edith Wharton with Hermione Lee (Contributor)

400 pages first pub 1905 (view editions)

fiction classics literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
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The House of Mirth tells the story of Lily Bart, aged 29, beautiful, impoverished and in need of a rich husband to safeguard her place in the social elite, and to support her expensive habits - her clothes, her charities and her gambling. Unwillin...

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