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Author:

Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937.

Title:

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

Format:

[sound recording] /

Publisher:

Tantor Audio,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

10 sound discs (12.5 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Single women--Fiction.
Single women--New York--New York--Fiction.
Social classes--Fiction.
Upper class--New York--New York--Fiction.
New York (N.Y.)--Fiction.
New York (N.Y.)--Social life and customs--Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Audiobooks.

Other Authors:

McCaddon, Wanda.

Notes:

Read by Wanda McCaddon Unabridged. Compact disc. Companion eBook (on disc #1) includes: automatic start-up with full instructions; easy keyword navigation and search; PDF format; printable; eReader friendly; and searchable table of contents.

Summary:

The House of Mirth portrays the obstacles that impeded women's choices at the turn of the century, during the Gilded Age. The beautiful, much-desired Lily Bart has been raised to be one of the perfect wives of the wealthy upper class, but her independence prevents her from becoming one of the many women who will succeed in those circles. Though her desire for a comfortable life means that she cannot marry for love without money, her resistance to the rules of the social elite endangers her many marriage proposals, and she spirals down into debt and dishonor.

Series:

Tantor unabridged classics

ISBN:

1400110351 (consumer) :
9781400110353 (consumer) :
1400140358 (library ed.)
9781400140350 (library ed.) :

OCLC:

(OCoLC)262431015

Locations:

ETPD745 -- Emmetsburg Public Library (Emmetsburg)