House of mirth / Edith Wharton ; edited with an introduction by Martha Banta.

By:

Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Oxford world's classicsPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2008]Description: xxxvii, 329 p. ; 19 cmISBN:

9780199538102

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Psychological fiction.

DDC classification:

813.52 WHA

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Summary: What Galsworthy did for Edwardian England, Wharton did for turn-of-the-century New York, and she did it to perfection in The House of Mirth. Hackles bristle discreetly, lips curl ever-so politely, and every breach of good taste is carefully recorded, as social aspirant Lily Bart launches a desperate bid for a place on the city's elite social register.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	H.T. Parekh Library	SIAS Collection	813.52 WHA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		K3308

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Rs:649/-

What Galsworthy did for Edwardian England, Wharton did for turn-of-the-century New York, and she did it to perfection in The House of Mirth. Hackles bristle discreetly, lips curl ever-so politely, and every breach of good taste is carefully recorded, as social aspirant Lily Bart launches a desperate bid for a place on the city's elite social register.

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