{"product_id":"house-of-mirth-w10","title":"Edith Wharton: The House of Mirth (Wordsworth Classics) [2002] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction and Notes by Janet Beer, Manchester Metropolitan University.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe House of Mirth\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of Lily Bart, aged 29, beautiful, impoverished and in need of a rich husband to safeguard her place in the social elite, and to support her expensive habits - her clothes, her charities and her gambling. Unwilling to marry without both love and money, Lily becomes vulnerable to the kind of gossip and slander which attach to a girl who has been on the marriage market for too long.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWharton charts the course of Lily's life, providing, along the way, a wider picture of a society in transition, a rapidly changing New York where the old certainties of manners, morals and family have disappeared and the individual has become an expendable commodity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe House of Mirth\u003c\/em\u003e was published in October 1905 to widespread critical acclaim. It became an instant bestseller and is regarded today as one of Edith Wharton's most accomplished and compelling social satires.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wharton, Edith \u0026 Beer, Janet (Manchester Metropolitan Uni \u0026 Carabine, Dr Keith (University Of Kent A","offers":[{"title":"Good","offer_id":53925434949971,"sku":"XG81840224191","price":2.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":49486570553683,"sku":"XV81840224191","price":3.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"New","offer_id":42052693885113,"sku":"9781840224191","price":4.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/wharton-edith-beer-janet-manchester-metropolitan-uni-carabine-dr-keith-university-of-kent-a-edith-wharton-the-house-of-mirth-wordsworth-classics-2002-paperback-59151897821523.jpg?v=1780593347","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.pro\/products\/house-of-mirth-w10","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}