{"product_id":"house-of-mirth-2","title":"House Of Mirth","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction and Notes by Janet Beer, Manchester Metropolitan University.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe House of Mirth\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of Lily Bart, aged 29, beautiful, impoverished and in need of a rich husband to safeguard her place in the social elite, and to support her expensive habits - her clothes, her charities and her gambling. Unwilling to marry without both love and money, Lily becomes vulnerable to the kind of gossip and slander which attach to a girl who has been on the marriage market for too long.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eWharton charts the course of Lily''s life, providing, along the way, a wider picture of a society in transition, a rapidly changing New York where the old certainties of manners, morals and family have disappeared and the individual has become an expendable commodity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe House of Mirth\u003c\/em\u003e was published in October 1905 to widespread critical acclaim. It became an instant bestseller and is regarded today as one of Edith Wharton’s most accomplished and compelling social satires.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57306670137726,"sku":"NW9781840224191","price":7.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781840224191.jpg?v=1778257994","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/house-of-mirth-2","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}