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The House of Mirth

by Edith Wharton · 1905

Classics · ranked #48 in category

Lily Bart is beautiful, witty and socially brilliant — and she is slowly sliding toward ruin. Wharton's first major novel traces Lily's downfall with the precision of a social scientist and the sympathy of someone who understood exactly how the gilded cage of New York society worked.

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Category
Classics
First published
1905 · 1900s
Author
Edith Wharton
Standing
Essential Read

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