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SIGNET CLASSICS HOUSE OF MIRTH

100th Anniversary Edition
Edith Wharton - Author
Anna Quindlen - Introduction by
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Book: Paperback: Mass Market | 108 x 171mm | 368 pages | ISBN 9780451527561 | 17 Feb 2000 | Signet | 18 - AND UP
SIGNET CLASSICS HOUSE OF MIRTH
"Uniquely authentic among American novels of manners." --Louis Auchincloss The House of Mirth is the novel that first established the literary reputation of Pulitzer Prize-winner Edith Wharton. In it, she honed her devastating acerbic style, created one of her most memorable heroines in Lily Bart, and discovered her defining theme: the vulgarity, greed, human frailty, and false social values that form the true foundation of New York society.