The House of Mirth captured the attention of a large portion of the reading public when it was published in a serial version for most of 1905 and then as a book in October of that year. Edith Wharton's story of Lily Bart topped the American bestseller list for four months and sealed the author's reputation as one of the major English-language fiction writers of her generation. Each of the four articles collected in this New Essays volume makes distinctive new claims for the historical, critical, and theoretical significance of Wharton's seminal work.
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The House of Mirth captured the attention of a large portion of the reading public when it was published in a serial version for most of 1905 and then as a hardback in October of that year. Edith Wharton's story of Lily Bart topped the Am erican bestseller list for four months and sealed the author's reputation as one of the major English-language fiction writers of her generation. Each of the four articles collected in this New Essays volume makes distinctive new claims for the historical, critical, and theoretical significance of Wharton's seminal work.
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Few fictional heroines have been as consistently under observation as Lily Bart, and few heroes have proved such consistent observers as Lawrence Selden. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ontic discourse, male mentorship, mentor tradition, identificatory love, tableaux vivants Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sir Charles, Lily Bart, New York, Edith Wharton, Daniel Deronda, Van Alstyne, George Eliot, Gerty Farish, Bertha Dorset, Emmanuel Levinas, Gus Trenor, Percy Gryce, Henry James, Miss Bates, Jane Austen, Jane Fairfax, Grand Central Station, James's Portrait, Lawrence Selden, Miss Bart, Monte Carlo, Northanger Abbey, The Decoration of Houses, Van Osburgh, Grace Stepney New!
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Few fictional heroines have been as consistently under observation as Lily Bart, and few heroes have proved such consistent observers as Lawrence Selden. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ontic discourse, male mentorship, mentor tradition, identificatory love, tableaux vivants Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sir Charles, Lily Bart, New York, Edith Wharton, Daniel Deronda, Van Alstyne, George Eliot, Gerty Farish, Bertha Dorset, Emmanuel Levinas, Gus Trenor, Percy Gryce, Henry James, Miss Bates, Jane Austen, Jane Fairfax, Grand Central Station, James's Portrait, Lawrence Selden, Miss Bart, Monte Carlo, Northanger Abbey, The Decoration of Houses, Van Osburgh, Grace Stepney New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- House Of Mirth by Edith Wharton on 37 pages
- The House of Mirth (Signet Classics) by Edith Wharton on 37 pages
- The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton on 12 pages
- Edith Wharton: A Biography by Richard Warrington Baldwin Lewis on 9 pages
- Sanctuary on 8 pages
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- Student Companion to Edith Wharton (Student Companions to Classic Writers) by Melissa McFarland Pennell in Back Matter
- City Images: Perspectives from Literature, Philosophy, and Film by M. A. Caws in Back Matter
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