Three novels of New York : The house of mirth ; The custom of the country ; The age of innocence
Born into a distinguished New York family, Edith Wharton chronicled the lives of the wealthy, the well born, and the nouveau riches in fiction that often hinges on the collision of personal passion and social convention. This volume brings together her best-loved novels, all set in New York. The House of Mirth is the story of Lily Bart, who needs a rich husband but refuses to marry without both love and money. The Custom of the Country follows the marriages and affairs of Undine Spragg, who is as vain, spoiled, and selfish as she is irresistibly fascinating. The Pulitzer Prize-winning The Age of Innocence concerns the passionate bond that develops between the newly engaged Newland Archer and his finac©♭e's cousin, the Countess Olenska, new to New York and newly divorced.
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New York (N.Y.) > Fiction. Married people > Fiction. Upper class > Fiction. Divorced women > Fiction. Single women > Fiction. |
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Fiction. |
- ISBN: 9780143106555
- ISBN: 0143106554
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Physical Description
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xiv, 770 pages ; 24 cm. - Edition 150th anniversary edition.
- Publisher London : Penguin, [2012]
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | The house of mirth -- The custom of the country -- The age of innocence. |