The House of Mirth
The House of Mirth
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Sobre el libro The House of Mirth de Edith Wharton publicado por Penguin Books LTD al 2012:
A searing, shocking tale of women as consumer items in a man´s world, The House of Mirth sees Lily Bart, beautiful and charming, living among the wealthy families of New York but reluctant to finally commit herself to a husband. In her search for freedom and the happiness she feels she deserves, Lily is ultimately ruined by scandal. Edith Wharton´s shattering novel created controversy on its publication in 1905 with its scathing portrayal of the world´s wealthy and the prison that marriage can become. The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War...
Sobre Edith Wharton
Edith Wharton (1862-1937) va néixer a Nova York, en el si d´una família adinerada i distingida, i és considerada una de les més grans escriptores estatunidenques. "La edad de la inocencia" va ser portada a la pantalla per Martin Scorsese en 1993, protagonitzada per Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer i Winona Ryder. Altres obres de l´autora en Alianza Editorial: "Estío", "Ethan Frome" i "Las hermanas Bunner".Altres llibres de Edith Wharton
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