New Perspectives on The Rise of the Gilded Age: New Perspectives on American Fiction at Cambridge 30

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