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House Of Mirth

The House of Mirth 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. Wharton 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.
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The House of Mirth tells the story of Lily Bart aged 29 beautiful impoverished & in need of a rich husband to safeguard her place in the social elite & to support her expensive habits
- her clothes her charities & her gambling. Unwilling to marry without both love & money Lily becomes vulnerable to the kind of gossip & slander which attach to a girl who has been on the marriage market for too long. Wharton 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 & family have disappeared & the individual has become an expendable commodity.

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New York - A United States State. Commonly known as the Big Apple
Love - Someone who shows deep affection for someone else.
Individual - A single separate item or person.
Family - A group of people that live together made up from parents and children.

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