House of Mirth - Edith Wharton - Libros -  - 9798648815834 - 17 de junio de 2020
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House of Mirth

Born in 1862 into an exclusive New York society - against whose rigid mores she often rebelled - Edith Wharton bridged the literary worlds of two continents and two centuries in her rich and glamorous life. The House of Mirth, her tenth book, is the story of young Lily Bart and her tragic sojourn among the upper class of turn-of-the-century New York, touching upon the insidious effects of social convention and the sexual and financial aggression to which free spirited women exposedIt was a Monday in early September, and he was returning to his work from a hurried dip into the country; but what was Miss Bart doing in town at that season? If she had appeared to be catching a train, he might have inferred that he had come on her in the act of transition between one and another of the country-houses which disputed her presence after the close of the Newport season; but her desultory air perplexed him. She stood apart from the crowd, letting it drift by her to the platform or the street, and wearing an air of irresolution which might, as he surmised, be the mask of a very definite purpose.

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Publicado 17 de junio de 2020
ISBN13 9798648815834
Páginas 274
Dimensiones 127 × 203 × 16 mm   ·   299 g
Lengua Inglés  

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