The House of Mirth

Resumen del libro

In The House of Mirth, Edith Wharton gives us a witty and piercingly insightful dark satire about the privileged society of early twentieth-century New York. It a world that inspired the lavish costume drama The Gilded Age, written by Julian Fellowes, the creator of Downton Abbey. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers.

These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition features an introduction by novelist Danuta Reah. Lily Bart is twenty-nine, beautiful and charming.

She has expensive tastes, loves to gamble and socializes with the wealthy upper-class families of New York. But her meagre finances are dwindling and her place in society is slipping away from her. Her only hope of security is to find a suitable husband.

However, Lily has an independence of spirit that stands in the way of her committing to the suitors available to her. As her options diminish, her friends become her enemies and her situation grows increasing perilous.

Biografía del autor

Edith Wharton (1862-1937) es una de las autoras fundamentales de la literatura estadounidense. Nacida en el seno de una familia de la clase alta neoyorquina, inmortalizó esos ambientes sociales en la que se considera de forma unánime su obra maestra, i La edad de la inocencia /i (1920), con la que se convirtió en la primera mujer en ganar el Premio Pulitzer. Fue extraordinariamente prolífica en su producción narrativa, pero cultivó todos los géneros: poesía, libros de viajes, crítica literaria, autobiografía e incluso una obra de teatro que permaneció inédita hasta más de cien años después de su muerte.