"New Perspectives on The Rise of the Gilded Age - New Perspectives on American Fiction, Cambridge. Issue 30 (English facsimile edition)"

Author: Edith
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth garnered the attention of most American readers starting from 1905, when it was published in a series by Chrystal Press and also released as a hardcover edition in October of the same year. Wharton's work tells the story of Lily Bart, a "social parasite"—as Edmund Wilson described her, "on the verge of becoming very rich"—and it topped the bestseller list for four months. This novel laid the foundation for her to become one of the leading English literary figures of her time. The four essays in this book reinterpret the historical, critical, and theoretical significance of Wharton's highly creative work.