The House of Mirth - Brossura

Wharton, Edith

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ISBN 10: 1439169497 ISBN 13: 9781439169490

Casa editrice: Pocket Classics, 2010

Riassunto

ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP

An incisive portrait of New York high society and the somber economics of marriage during the late nineteenth century, Edith Wharton’s The House of Mirth tells the story of beguiling socialite Lily Bart’s ill-fated attempt to find happiness.

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L'autore:

Edith Wharton (1862–1937) was an American novelist—the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for her novel The Age of Innocence in 1921—as well as a short story writer, playwright, designer, reporter, and poet. Born into one of New York's elite families, she drew upon her knowledge of upper class aristocracy to realistically portray the lives and morals of the Gilded Age.

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Book by Wharton Edith

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Pocket Classics
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1439169497
• ISBN 13: 9781439169490
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 456