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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780553213201 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
813.52 |
| Cutter |
WHA |
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| Personal name |
Wharton, Edith, |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The house of mirth |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Bantam Classic |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New York |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2008 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xxi, 434 pages. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
"Edith Wharton depicts the glittering salons of Gilded Age New York with precision and wit, even as she movingly portrays the obstacles that impeded women's choices at the turn of the century. The beautiful, much-desired Lily Bart has been raised to be one of the perfect wives of the wealthy upper class, but her spark of character and independent drive prevents her from becoming one of the many women who will succeed in those circles. Though her desire for a comfortable life means that she cannot marry for love without money, her resistance to the rules of the social elite endangers her many marriage proposals. As Lily spirals down into debt and dishonor, her story takes on the resonance of classic tragedy. One of Wharton's most bracing and nuanced portraits of the life of women in a hostile, highly ordered world, The House of Mirth exposes the truths about American high society that its denizens most wished to deny." |
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1800-1899 |
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Fiction |
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General Fiction |
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Historical fiction |
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Manners and customs |
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New York (N.Y.) 19th century Fiction |
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New York (N.Y.) Social life and customs 19th century |
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Fiction |
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Single women |
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Single women New York (State) |
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New York 19th century Fiction |
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Social classes |
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Social classes New York (State) |
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New York 19th century Fiction |
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Upper class |
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Upper class New York (State) New York 19th century Fiction |
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Women New York (State) |
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New York Social conditions 19th century Fiction |
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Women Social conditions |
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Banta, Martha |
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Meyers, Jeffrey |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Item type |
Books |
