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Author:

Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937.

Title:

The house of mirth [sound recording] / Edith Wharton.

Format:

[sound recording] /

Edition:

Unabridged.

Publisher:

AudioGO,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

10 compact discs (12 hrs., 34 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

New York (N.Y.)--Social life and customs--20th century--Fiction.
Single women--New York--New York--Fiction.
Upper class--New York--New York--Fiction.
Rich people--New York--New York--Fiction.
Man-woman relationships--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Satire.

Other Authors:

Bron, Eleanor. nrt.
AudioGO (Firm)

Notes:

"Includes Companion eBook"--Container. Title from container. Recording previously released by AudioGO Ltd., p1998, and re-released in 2008. Narrated by Eleanor Bron.

Summary:

Lily Bart moves in the shallow, new-moneyed class of New York society in which men make the money and women spend it. There amongst the glib diversions of the newly rich, she seeks a husband who can not only maintain and further her in this charmed existence, but can also provide unstinting admiration. Scandal, however, intervenes. Accused of being the mistress of a wealthy married man, Lily must withdraw from society. She becomes a milliner, but finds life outside the hothouse unendurable. When it was published, The House of Mirth shocked many by its candor, but it established Edith Wharton as a supreme novelist.

ISBN:

0792793110
9780792793113

Locations:

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)