The House Of Mirth

ISBN-13: 9781539524595 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 350 str.

Edith Wharton

Opis

This novel ways narrates the drama of Lily Bart, a single woman of 29 years belonging to the upper class of society in New York that seeks economic and social stability desperately while, ironically, let numerous opportunities. The story begins in Central Station New York, where Lily just missed a train and must wait two hours to catch the next. At that time Lawrence Selden is watching, and wonders what can be doing Lily, a girl of such beauty and class in the middle of the city with an expression of confusion and indecision and what can be the purpose of their actions. Selden, attracted by the beauty and character of Lily, the building invites the Benedick where this is housed.