The house of mirth

Description:

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.

subjects: 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, history,  Rich people,  Long Now Manual for Civilization

People: Lily Bart

Places: New York (N.Y.),  New York (State),  New York,  United States

Times: 1865-1918