Name: The House Of Mirth
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Author: Wharton, Edith
ISBN: 9781539524595

Type

Physical Book

Author

Edith Wharton

Publisher

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Language

Inglés

Pages

350

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm

Weight

0.47 kg.

ISBN13

9781539524595

Synopsis "The House Of Mirth"

This novel ways narrates the drama of Lily Bart, a single woman of 29 years belonging to the upper class of society in New York that seeks economic and social stability desperately while, ironically, let numerous opportunities. The story begins in Central Station New York, where Lily just missed a train and must wait two hours to catch the next. At that time Lawrence Selden is watching, and wonders what can be doing Lily, a girl of such beauty and class in the middle of the city with an expression of confusion and indecision and what can be the purpose of their actions. Selden, attracted by the beauty and character of Lily, the building invites the Benedick where this is housed.

Edith Wharton

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Edith Wharton nació en Nueva York en 1862. Su nombre de soltera era Edith Newbold Jones. Su familia era de clase alta, comparable a la aristocracia europea, y consecuentemente recibió una esmerada educación privada. En 1907 se estableció en Francia, donde se convirtió en discípula y amiga de Henry James. Su obra más conocida es La edad de la inocencia, publicada en 1920 y ganadora del premio Pulitzer en 1921. Está considerada la más genial novelista americana de su generación, admirada por intelectuales de la talla de Henry James, Francis Scott Fitzgerald, Jean Cocteau y Ernest Hemingway.

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