The House of Mirth is a 1905 novel by American author Edith Wharton. It tells the story of Lily Bart, a well-born but impoverished woman belonging to New York City's high society around the end of the 19th century. Wharton creates a portrait of a stunning beauty who, though raised and educated to marry well both socially and economically, is reaching her 29th year, an age when her youthful blush is drawing to a close and her marital prospects are becoming ever more limited. The House of Mirth traces Lily's slow two-year social descent from privilege to a tragically lonely existence on the margins of society. In the words of one scholar, Wharton uses Lily as an attack on "an irresponsible, grasping and morally corrupt upper class." Before publication as a book on October 14, 1905, The House of Mirth was serialized in Scribner's Magazine beginning in January 1905. It attracted a readership among women and men alike.
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Period drama about an ambitious socialite living in the early 20th century. Lily Bart is looking for a wealthy husband but finds herself in a treacherous circle of friends.
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The film is an adaptation of Edith Wharton's 1905 novel.
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Works originally published in Scribner's Magazine.. Novels by Edith Wharton.. American novels adapted into plays.. Novels set in New York City.
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