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020			_a9780553213201
082			_a813.52 _bWHA
100			_aWharton, Edith,
245			_aThe house of mirth
260			_bBantam Classic _aNew York _c2008
300			_axxi, 434 pages.
520			_a"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."
650			_a1800-1899
650			_aFiction
650			_aGeneral Fiction
650			_aHistorical fiction
650			_aManners and customs
650			_aNew York (N.Y.) 19th century Fiction
650			_aNew York (N.Y.) Social life and customs 19th century
650			_aFiction
650			_aSingle women
650			_aSingle women New York (State)
650			_aNew York 19th century Fiction
650			_aSocial classes
650			_aSocial classes New York (State)
650			_aNew York 19th century Fiction
650			_aUpper class
650			_aUpper class New York (State) New York 19th century Fiction
650			_aWomen New York (State)
650			_aNew York Social conditions 19th century Fiction
650			_aWomen Social conditions
700			_aBanta, Martha
700			_aMeyers, Jeffrey
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