Publisher's Synopsis
- This book contains 10 illustrations, including all plates by A. B. Wenzell for the 1905 printing by CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS, New York.Edith Wharton was an American novelist, short story writer, and designer. She is a Pulitzer Prize winner and was nominated twice for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Her insider's view of America's privileged classes combined with her wit and writing skills produced a number of novels and short stories of social and psychological insight.Often compared to "The Great Gatsby," "The House of Mirth" tells the story of Lily Bart, a well-born, but penniless woman of the high society, against the background of upper class New York City of the 1890s. The novel has been adapted to stage, radio, and movies, as recently as the year 2000.
