{"product_id":"9780486112695","title":"The House of Mirth","description":"\u003cp\u003eA bestseller when it was originally published nearly a century ago, Wharton's first literary success was set amid the previously unexplored territory of fashionable, turn-of-the-century New York society, an area with which she was intimately familiar.\u003cbr\u003eThe tragic love story reveals the destructive effects of wealth and social hypocrisy on Lily Bart, a ravishing beauty. Impoverished but well-born, Lily realizes a secure future depends on her acquiring a wealthy husband. Her downfall begins with a romantic indiscretion, intensifies with an accumulation of gambling debts, and climaxes in a maelstrom of social disasters.\u003cbr\u003eMore a tale of social exclusion than of failed love, \u003ci\u003eThe House of Mirth\u003c\/i\u003e reveals Wharton's compelling gifts as a storyteller and her clear-eyed observations of the savagery beneath the well-bred surface of high society. As with \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Innocence\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEthan Frome\u003c\/i\u003e, this novel was also made into a successful motion picture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47082638999792,"sku":"9780486112695","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780486112695_p0.jpg?v=1763708073","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780486112695","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}