The house of mirth
by Edith Wharton
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Faced with an array of wealthy suitors, New York socialite Lily Bart falls in love with lawyer Lawrence Selden, whose lack of money spoils their chances for happiness together. Dubious business deals and accusations of liaisons with a married man diminish Lily's social status, and as she makes one bad choice after another, she learns how venal and brutally unforgiving the upper crust of New York can be.--From publisher's description.
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Fiction, Single women, Social classes, Drama, Social life and customs, Classic Literature, Social status, Social values, open_syllabus_project, Roman, Manners and customs, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, romance, general, Fiction, psychological, Single women, fiction, New york (n.y.), fiction, Fiction, general, Social conditions, Fiction, historical, American literature, Separated women, Triangles (Interpersonal relations), Social norms, Upper class, Married people, Women, Fiction, historical, general, Young women, Classes sociales, Romans, nouvelles, Femmes seules, Wharton, edith, 1862-1937, Theater, united states, historyPeople
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New York (N.Y.), New York (State), New York, United StatesTimes
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Chez les heureux du monde
1982-05-18, Hachette P.O.L, GALLIMARD, FOLIO
in French
2070373908 9782070373901
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Includes bibliographical references (p. xxxi-xxxiii).
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Beautiful, intelligent, and hopelessly addicted to luxury, Lily Bart is the heroine of this Wharton masterpiece. But it is her very taste and moral sensibility that render her unfit for survival in this world.
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