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by Edith Wharton

The House of Mirth was published in 1905 when Edith Wharton was forty-three. She had done very little fiction writing up to that point but had some practice with volumes of short stories and an historical "romantic chronicle" called The Valley of Decision. New York upper-class society presented her…

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Posted By arthur b #63327 at Sep 04, 2008 9:20 PM

lawrence selden and lily

why does selden change his mind about marrying lily bart?

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Posted By sydney c #178615 at Apr 10, 2011 6:48 PM

According to The House of Mirth's view of life, what is mankind's relationship to God? To the universe?

Do the characters, such as Lily Bart, Mr. Gryce, etc have any relationship to God? Or to the universe?

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Posted By tina m #61728 at Jul 08, 2008 5:34 PM

house of mirth on ap literature

is the house of mirth included as part of the ap literature exam?

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