![]() ![]() ![]() With an introduction by Elizabeth Hardwick, Contemporary Reviews, and Letters Between Edith Wharton and Her Publisher " A frivolous society can acquire dramatic significance only through what its frivolity destroys."-Edith Wharton Lily Bart knows that she must marry-her expensive tastes and mounting debts demand it-and, at twenty-nine, she has every artful wile at her disposal to secure that end. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. ![]() For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. Exiled from her familiar world of artificial conventions, Lily finds life impossible. But her quest comes to a scandalous end when she is accused of being the mistress of a wealthy man. In this morally and aesthetically bankrupt world, Lily, age twenty-nine, seeks a husband who can satisfy her cravings for endless admiration and all the trappings of wealth. The beautiful Lily Bart lives among the nouveaux riches of New York City - people whose millions were made in railroads, shipping, land speculation and banking. A black comedy of manners about vast wealth and a woman who can define herself only through the perceptions of others. ![]()
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