Edith Wharton

The House of Mirth Annotated Edith Wharton

Lily Bart, beautiful, witty and sophisticated, is conventional through 'vintage money' and courted through the developing tribe of nouveaux riches. But as she nears thirty, her foothold turns into precarious; a terrible female with costly tastes, she desires a husband to keep her social standing, and to hold her within side the luxurious she has come to expect. Whilst many have sought her, something - fastidiousness or integrity- prevents her from making a 'suitable' match.