The House of Mirth

The House of Mirth
Author: Edith Wharton
Publisher: Broadview Press
Total Pages: 489
Release: 2005-09-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1551115670

One of Edith Wharton’s most accomplished social satires, this novel tells the story of the beautiful but impoverished New York socialite Lily Bart, whose refusal to compromise in her search for a husband leads to her exclusion from polite society. In charting the course of Lily’s life and downfall, Wharton also provides a wider picture of a society in transition, a milieu in which old certainties, manners, and morals no longer hold true, and where the individual has become an expendable commodity. This classic American novel is now available in a Broadview edition that includes a critical introduction and a rich selection of contextual documents. Appendices include Wharton’s correspondence about The House of Mirth, contemporary articles on social mores, etiquette, and dress, and related writings by Henry James, Thorstein Veblen, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

Who's who in America

Who's who in America
Author: John W. Leonard
Publisher:
Total Pages: 2504
Release: 1928
Genre: United States
ISBN:

Vols. 28-30 accompanied by separately published parts with title: Indices and necrology.

The World Almanac and Book of Facts

The World Almanac and Book of Facts
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1094
Release: 1914
Genre: Almanacs
ISBN:

Lists news events, population figures, and miscellaneous data of an historic, economic, scientific and social nature.