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The House of Mirth (Dover Thrift Editions)

 
The House of Mirth (Dover Thrift Editions)

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Wharton's first literary success, set amid fashionable New York society, reveals the hypocrisy and destructive effects of the city's social circle on the character of Lily Bart. Impoverished but well-born, Lily must secure her future by acquiring a wealthy husband; but her downfall -- initiated by a romantic indiscretion -- results in gambling debts and social disasters.

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EAN/ISBN:
9780486420493
Medium:
Paperback
Publication date:
2002-01-01
Publisher:
Dover Publications
EAN/ISBN:
9780486420493
Medium:
Paperback
Publication date:
2002-01-01
Publisher:
Dover Publications

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