The house of mirth

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This tragic love story reveals the destructive effects of wealth and social hypocrisy on Lily Bart, a ravishing beauty. Impoverished but well-born, Lily realizes a secure future depends on her acquiring a wealthy husband. Her downfall begins with a romantic indiscretion, intensifies with an accumulation of gambling debts, and climaxes in a maelstrom of social disasters.

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House of mirth / Edith Wharton
The House of Mirth Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937.
The House of Mirth [electronic resource] / Edith Wharton
The house of mirth / Edith Wharton
The house of mirth / Edith Wharton ; illustrations by Eric Holzman ; introduction by Bel Mooney
The house of mirth / Edith Wharton ; with an afterword by Louis Auchincloss
The house of mirth / Edith Wharton ; with an introduction by Anita Brookner
The house of mirth / Edith Wharton ; with an introduction by Danuta Reah
The house of mirth / Edith Wharton ; with an introduction by Pamela Knights
The house of mirth / Edith Wharton; foreward by Charlotte Davis
The house of mirth / by Edith Wharton
The house of mirth / by Edith Wharton ; cover painting by Joseph Bertelli
The house of mirth / by Edith Wharton ; with a foreword by Marcia Davenport
The house of mirth / by Edith Wharton ; with an introduction by Anita Brookner
The house of mirth / by Edith Wharton ; with an introduction by Cynthia Griffin Wolff
The house of mirth / by Edith Wharton ; with an introduction by R.W.B. Lewis
The house of mirth / by Edith Wharton ; with illustrations by A. B. Wenzell
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