The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton audiobook

The House of Mirth

By Edith Wharton
Read by Barbara Caruso

Recorded Books, Recorded Books, Inc. 9780192829443

Unabridged

Format : Library CD (In Stock)
  • ISBN: 9781664407343

  • ISBN: 9781664515178

Runtime: 13.77 Hours
Category: Fiction
Audience: Adult
Language: English

Summary

Summary

A New York Public Library Staff Pick of Favorite Books of the Last 125 Years

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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Author Bio: Edith Wharton

Author Bio: Edith Wharton

Edith Wharton (1862–1937) is the author of several novels, including The Age of Innocence and Old New York, both of which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. She was the first woman to receive that honor. In 1929 she was awarded the American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal for Fiction. She was born in New York and is best known for her stories of life among the upper-class society into which she was born. She was educated privately at home and in Europe. In 1894 she began writing fiction, and her novel The House of Mirth established her as a leading writer.

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Available Formats : CD, Library CD
Category: Fiction
Runtime: 13.77
Audience: Adult
Language: English