I read the House of Mirth and The Age of Innocence almost at the same time, and while The Age of Innocence is the better book -the title is less euphonic, mind- House of Mirth has meant something to me. I've declared in another review my undying love for fools, whatever their size or shape. Lily is ...
Written and set in the early 1970s, this is ostensibly about Toby, who is expelled from his private school for taking pot, shortly before his 18th birthday and Oxford exams. However, all the most important relationships in the book are between mothers and daughters; the men are generally less astute...
The House of Mirth is a “novel of manners” or a novel which focuses on social customs, often the customs surrounding marriage (think Jane Austen, for example). This particular novel focuses on high society in New York during the early 1900′s, a setting very familiar to the author, and was intende...
I had been interested in reading something, anything by Edith Wharton for some time now. She's such an iconic author with a reputation for detail and beauty. I finally decided to dive in head first with The House of Mirth. The House of Mirth follows our heroine, Lily Bart through her spiritually dev...
After finishing this book I feel all over the place. On a purely emotional level, the book is very tragic, sad and depressing. There is no hope, there is no happiness. Normally, that is reason enough for me warning someone off of a book but House of Mirth is an exception. Edith Wharton’s novel i...
This is the story of a woman who desperately wants to find her place in New York City's high society. She is beautiful but has little money. She has many opportunities to marry, but she manages to sabotage every chance. She is her own worst enemy. She has just enough scruples to prevent a vicious...
Amazing. I loved it more than I loved Age of Innocence. I pitied Lily Bart because she made such poor decisions to be part of a society that was so shallow. She was also way too flighty for her own good.
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