The house of mirth
Edith Wharton, edited with an introduction by Martha Banta.
Bok Engelsk 2008 · Electronic books.
| Medvirkende | Banta, Martha, (editor.)
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (569 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Copyright Page; Title Page; Contents; Introduction; Note on the Text; Select Bibliography; A Chronology of Edith Wharton; THE HOUSE OF MIRTH; Explanatory Notes; Footnotes. - 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 entere
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| ISBN | 0-19-159343-5. - 0-19-160564-6. - 0-585-36213-0
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