House of Mirth

House of Mirth is written in the style of a novel of manners, set against the backdrop of the 1890s New York aristocracy, it is considered American literary naturalism. Wharton places her tragic heroine, Lily Bart, in a society that she describes as a "hot-house of traditions and conventions."House of Mirth tells the story of Lily Bart, a woman who is torn between her desire for luxurious living a...