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The House of Mirth (Oxford World's Classics)

The House of Mirth (Oxford World's Classics)

by EdithWharton (Author), Martha Banta (Editor)

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    Paperback 1999

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Synopsis

Since its publication in 1905 The House of Mirth has commanded attention for the sharpness of Wharton's observations and the power of her style. Its heroine, Lily Bart, is beautiful, poor, and unmarried at 29. In her search for a husband with money and position she betrays her own heart and sows the seeds of the tragedy that finally overwhelms her. The House of Mirth is a lucid, disturbing analysis of the stifling limitations imposed upon women of Wharton's generation. Herself born into Old New York Society, Wharton watched as an entirely new set of people living by new codes of conduct entered the metropolitan scene. In telling the story of Lily Bart, who must marry to survive, Wharton recasts the age-old themes of family, marriage, and money in ways that transform the traditional novel of manners into an arresting modern document of cultural anthropology.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 368
 Edition: New
 Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
Published: 15 Jul 1999
ISBN 10: 0192835793
ISBN 13: 9780192835796

Media Reviews
Beautifully produced, this may well become the standard reading text. --E.N. Feltskog, University of Wisconsin
Essential reading to know this chronicler par excellence. Great for english, humanities and women's studies courses. --J.C. Moore, Scottsdale Community College
I always choose Oxford World Classics editions whenever I can because their introductions and notes are the most useful and the texts are clearly the most carefully prepared. This book looks to be no exception! --Laura Dabundo, Kennesaw State College
Beautiful, thoroughgoing, very professional--a complete 'treatment' of the text from Introduction to Chronology to Bibliography and Notes. Plus the great affordable price! A really terrific edition. --John Dempsey, Brown University
Excellent, reasonably priced edition. . . . introduction [is] useful for background and critical information. --Lynn F. Williams, Emerson College


Beautifully produced, this may well become the standard reading text. --E.N. Feltskog, University of Wisconsin
Essential reading to know this chronicler par excellence. Great for english, humanities and women's studies courses. --J.C. Moore, Scottsdale Community College
I always choose Oxford World Classics editions whenever I can because their introductions and notes are the most useful and the texts are clearly the most carefully prepared. This book looks to be no exception! --Laura Dabundo, Kennesaw State College
Beautiful, thoroughgoing, very professional--a complete 'treatment' of the text from Introduction to Chronology to Bibliography and Notes. Plus the great affordable price! A really terrific edition. --John Dempsey, Brown University
Excellent, reasonably priced edition. . . . introduction [is] useful for background and critical information. --Lynn F. Williams, Emerson College

Beautifully produced, this may well become the standard reading text. --E.N. Feltskog, University of Wisconsin
Essential reading to know this chronicler par excellence. Great for english, humanities and women's studies courses. --J.C. Moore, Scottsdale Community College
I always choose Oxford World Classics editions whenever I can because their introductions and notes are the most useful and the texts are clearly the most carefully prepared. This book looks to be no exception! --Laura Dabundo, Kennesaw State College
Beautiful, thoroughgoing, very professional--a complete 'treatment' of the text from Introduction to Chronology to Bibliography and Notes. Plus the great affordable price! A really terrific edition. --John Dempsey, Brown University
Excellent, reasonably priced edition. . . . introduction [is] useful for background and critical information. --Lynn F. Williams, Emerson College


Beautifully produced, this may well become the standard reading text. --E.N. Feltskog, University of Wisconsin


Essential reading to know this chronicler par excellence. Great for english, humanities and women's studies courses. --J.C. Moore, Scottsdale Community College


I always choose Oxford World Classics editions whenever I can because their introductions and notes are the most useful and the texts are clearly the most carefully prepared. This book looks to be no exception! --Laura Dabundo, Kennesaw State College


Beautiful, thoroughgoing, very professional--a complete 'treatment' of the text from Introduction to Chronology to Bibliography and Notes. Plus the great affordable price! A really terrific edition. --John Dempsey, Brown University


Excellent, reasonably priced edition. . . . introduction [is] useful for background and critical information. --Lynn F. Williams, Emerson College


Author Bio

Professor of English at the University of California, Los Angeles, Martha Banta is the author of Imaging American Women: Ideas and Ideals in Cultural History (New York, 1987).