The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

The House of MirthEdith Wharton · 1905Lily Bart's fall through New York society. Read The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton page by page and explore its network of 488 people, places and things.It was a Monday in early September, and he was returning to his work from a hurried dip into the country; but what was Miss Bart doing in town at that season? If she had appeared to be catching a train, he might have inferred that he had come on her in the act of transition between one and another of the country houses which disputed her presence after the close of the Newport season; but her desultory air perplexed him. She stood apart from the crowd, letting it drift by her to the platform or the street, and wearing an air of irresolution which might, as he surmised, be the mask of a very…All books in the ECCE gallery