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The House of Mirth (Norton Critical Editions) Book

Using text taken from the original 1905 edition, this novel highlights the position of women in turn of the century America. Contemporary articles concerning the role of women are included to enable students to place the novel within its context. Six contemporary reviews of the work are included.Read More

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  • Foyles

    The text has been introduced and thoroughly annotated by the editor for student readers. Backgrounds and Contexts includes selections from Edith Wharton's letters; articles from the period about etiquette, vocations for women, factory life, and Working Girls' Clubs; excerpts from the work of contemporary social thinkers including Thorstein Veblen, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and Olive Schreiner; and a consideration of anti-Semitism at the turn of the century by historian John Higham. Also included are Charles Dana Gibson's precautionary piece "Marrying for Money" (including four Gibson drawings) and a tableau vivant of "The Dying Gladiator." Criticism reprints six central contemporary reviews of the novel and six biographical and interpretive modern essays by Millicent Bell, Louis Auchincloss, Cynthia Griffin Wolff, R. W. B. Lewis, Elaine Showalter, and Elizabeth Ammons. A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included.

  • Blackwell

    From the esteemed author of The Age of Innocence--a black comedy about vast wealth and a woman who can define herself only through the perceptions of others. Lily Bart's quest to find a husband who can satisfy her cravings for endless admiration...

  • Pickabook

    Edith Wharton, Elizabeth Ammons (Editor)

  • 0393959015
  • 9780393959017
  • E Wharton
  • 18 April 1990
  • W. W. Norton & Co.
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 374
  • Critical edition
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