The house of mirth / by Edith Wharton.
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TextLanguage: English Series: Vintage classicsLondon: Vintage Books, 2011Description: 347 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780099540762 (paperback)Subject(s): Single women -- Fiction | New York (N.Y.) -- FictionLOC classification: PS3545.H16 H68 2011Summary: Lily Bart has no fortune, but she possesses everything else she needs to make an excellent marriage: beauty, intelligence, a love of luxury and an elegant skill in negotiating the hidden traps and false friends of New York's high society. But time and again Lily cannot bring herself to make the final decisive move: to abandon her sense of self and a chance of love for the final soulless leap into a mercenary union. Her time is running out, and degradation awaits. Edith Wharton's masterful novel is a tragedy of money, morality and missed opportunity.
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| Books | MEF Üniversitesi Kütüphanesi | Genel Koleksiyon | PS 3545 .H16 H68 2011 (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Available | 0003680 |
Lily Bart has no fortune, but she possesses everything else she needs to make an excellent marriage: beauty, intelligence, a love of luxury and an elegant skill in negotiating the hidden traps and false friends of New York's high society. But time and again Lily cannot bring herself to make the final decisive move: to abandon her sense of self and a chance of love for the final soulless leap into a mercenary union. Her time is running out, and degradation awaits. Edith Wharton's masterful novel is a tragedy of money, morality and missed opportunity.