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(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)Introduction by Pamela KnightsIn The House of Mirth, 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... 

Jennifer says: “Lily Bart is graceful and beautiful. She keeps company with high 1900s New York society and spen...”