Книга: The House of Mirth (Wharton E.); Signet classics, 2015

Edith Whartons classic novel, The House of Mirth, is a brillaint expose of the pretense and greed of fashionable New York Society. In The House of Mirth, which helped to establish Edith Whartons literary reputation, she honed her acerbic style and discovered her defining subject: the fashionable New York society in which she had been raised and that held the power to debase both people and ideals. In this devastatingly accurate and finely wrought tale, Lily Bart, the poor relation of a wealthy woman, is beautiful, intelligent, and hopelessly addicted to the moneyed world of luxury and grace. But her good taste and moral sensibility render her unfit for survival in a vulgar society whose glittering social edifice is based on a foundation of pure greed. A brilliant portrayal of both human frailty and nobility, and a bitter attack on false social values, The House of Mirth has been hailed by Louis Auchincloss as "uniquely authentic among American novels of manners." With an Introduction by Anna Quindlen
and an Afterword by Michael Gorra

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Параметр	Значение
ISBN	978-0-451-47430-8
Автор(ы)	Wharton E.
Вес	0.18кг
Возрастные ограничения	12
Год издания	2015
Издатель	Signet classics
Кол-во страниц	352
Количество страниц	352
Переплет	Мягкая бумажная
Раздел	Книги на английском языке
Формат	105x170мм